hire

noun

1. the act of hiring something or someone

e.g. he signed up for a week's car hire

2. a newly hired employee

e.g. the new hires need special training

verb

1. engage for service under a term of contract

e.g. We took an apartment on a quiet street
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Synonym: leaserentcharterengagetake

2. engage or hire for work

e.g. They hired two new secretaries in the department
How many people has she employed?

Synonym: engageemploy

3. hold under a lease or rental agreement
of goods and services

Synonym: rentcharterlease

1. 雇用
If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.

e.g. Sixteen of the contestants have hired lawyers and are suing the organisers...
有16名参赛者已经请了律师，正在起诉主办方。
e.g. The rest of the staff have been hired on short-term contracts...
其余的工作人员签的是短期雇用合同。

2. （短期）租用
If you hire something, you pay money to the owner so that you can use it for a period of time.

e.g. To hire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence...
租车须出示护照及有效驾照。
e.g. Her hired car was found abandoned at Beachy Head.
她那辆租来的车被发现遗弃在比奇角。

3. 租赁（业）;出租（业务）
You use hire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something.

e.g. They booked our hotel, and organised car hire...
他们为我们订好了旅馆并安排了租车事宜。
e.g. Hire of skis, boots and clothing, is all available.
滑雪板、滑雪靴和滑雪服皆有出租。

4. 供出租;待租
If something is for hire, it is available for you to hire.

e.g. Fishing tackle is available for hire.
有钓具可供出租。

相关词组：hire out

1. 雇佣：土地拥有者雇佣(hire)人们来为自己耕种. 在百年战争期间,许多好战的贵族都在法国征战. 战争结束后,他们带着大批的雇佣军(mercenary soldiers)回到了英格兰,并且想在国内获得财富和权力. 1455年,

2. 租：从前有一对夫妻,他们的日子过得非常清贫. 由于房子和土地都是从地主那里租(hire)来的,所以他们每年要给地主交纳许多租税.