cheat vt. vi. 欺骗.作弊 n. 骗子 常用结构:cheat sth. (out) of sb. 骗某人东西 The beggar cheated money of the old lady at the railway station. 乞丐在车站骗了那位老太太的钱. It's wrong to cheat in exams. 考试作弊是不对的. 注:作名词时通常用 cheat.也可以用 cheater. He is nothing but a cheat. 他只不过是个骗子. [考点3]employ 的用法 ▲ 构词: ① employer n. 雇主,老板 ② employee n. 雇员,雇丁 ③ employment n. 雇用,就业,工作,职业 ④ unemployment n. 失业,失业状态 ▲ 搭配:be employed in 从事.忙于 ▲ 句型: ① employ sb → sb be employed ② employ sb as + 职业／in 或 at + 地点 → sb be employed as + 职业 ／ in 或 at + 地点 (被动. 更常见) 在某单位任某职,受雇于某单位当／任-- ③ employ sb to do sth → sb be employed to do sth ④ be employed in doing sth / on sth... 忙于干某事．从 事于某事.时间花在-- ⑤ employ oneself in doing sth / on sth 忙于干某事.从 事于--.时间花在-- ⑥ employ one's spare / free / much time in doing sth. 花业余／更多时间千某事 ▲辨析:employ; engage; hire; let; rent; take on 该组词均意为“雇用 .但employ较正式.官方文件一 般用employ.受雇人员较广.甚至包括社会地位较高 的职业人员.有“聘请 之义.强调工作.不像hire那样 侧重于报酬.engage作“雇用某人 解.常指临时或短 期的雇用.侧重于雇用专业人员.侧重于动作.hire和 rent都有“花钱使用某物 和“把某物使用权出让给别人 以收取费用 之意.rent在英国英语中多指用于长时间 的场合.如:rent a house.a flat.a TV等,hire多指临 时租用某物.如:hire a boat.a car.a camera.a bicy- cle.an evening dress.a hall for a meeting等.指人时. 有“雇用 .“受雇 两种含义.而在美国英语中.rent既 可用于长时间的出租.也可用于短时间的出租.多指客 户向主人租用房子.土地或其他物品.也可指出租. hire在美国英语中可用来指“雇用 .Iet 作“租用 时.一般指出租人向外出租房子.房间等.另 外rent还可作名词.意为“租金,租费 .take on较口语 化.表示“雇用某人 .例如: The firm employs the retired professor as an adviser. 这 家公司聘这位退休的教授担任顾问. The foreign teachers were engaged from Canada. 这些 外籍教师是从加拿大招聘来的. Our school hired the local theatre for its annual con- cert. 我们学校租用了当地的影剧院举行了一年一度的 音乐会. Have you any rooms to let? 你有房间出租吗? She lets the cottage to holiday-makers in the summer. 她把房子租给夏天来度假的人. Our house has been rented by a newly-married couple. 我们的房子被一对新婚夫妇租去了. Boats are let / rent out in the park for 20 yuan per hour. 公园里出租小船.每小时的租金是20元. We have decided to take on a new clerk in the accounts department. 我们已经决定在会计部雇用一名新职员. ▲ 友情提示:英语中“雇用 的其他表达法:take on, hire,have sb doing sth,rent ,“解 雇,开除 的表达法:fire,dismiss,turn / send away, lay off. [考例3] -- How long at this job? -- Since 1990. A. were you employed B. have you been employed C. had you been employed D. will you be employed [考查目标] 考查上下文中时态的运用. [答案与解析]B 从问句中的how long和回答中的 Since 1990都可以知道应该选现在完成时态表示对现 在的影响. 【查看更多】
