em-pl〇y-ee /im'ploii:/ noun a person who is paid to work for sb 受雇者；雇工■雇 ^:员：rhe has over 500 emjptoyees.这家公司有 500 多 名雇员。◊ government employees 政府雇员◊ employee rights/relarions雇员权利/关系 em.p 冊 oy.ei* /im'pioia(r)/ not//?

a person or company that pays people to work for them 雇用者；雇主；老板：rA^y’re ve/y good empioyers (=they treat the people that work for them well).他们 是非常好的雇主。◊⑽e 〇/ the 〖argest empZoyers in t/ie area这个地区最大的雇主之一 em.ploy.ment /im 丨 pbimant/ /7〇t/n

1 [U, C] work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of’being employed 工作;■职业;^：受雇：to be in paid empioyment 為■拿工食的工作◊ /iiH-time/ part-time employment ^;|R/ conditions/

terms 〇/ emptoyment 雇用条件 / 条款 0 Graduates are finding it more and more difficult to find employment. ^ 业生感到找工作越来越难。◊ pensions介om previous employments 以前工作的退休金 〇 note at work 2*fU] the situation in which people have work 就业：The government is aimingemptoyment.政府在力求达 到全面就业。◊亡hanges. in /arming methods have badZy ejected employment in the area.耕作方法的改变严重影 _ 了这个地区的就业。PlUi] UNEMPLOYMENT 3 [U] the act of employing sb 雇用： TTie Zaw prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills. 法律禁止棉纺厂雇用十岁以卞的童工。4 [U]~ (of sth) (/brnifl/) the use of sth 使用；利用：tfte empZoyment 〇/ arriHery m the capture o/tfte town 在攻城时使用大炮 em'ployment agency noun a business that helps people to find work and employers to find workers 职 业介绍所

em-por-ium /em'poiriam/ noun {pi. em-por-iums or em- poria /-ria/) 1 (old-fashioned) a large shop/store 商店;■大每商备 2a shop/store that sells a particular type of. goods.专门店：an arts and crafts emporium X

艺品商店

em-power /im'pau8(r)/ verb [often passive] 1 (formal) to give sb the power or authority to do sth 授权；给_ i 某 人…•的权i HT1 authorize: [VN to inf] The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.法院有权因某些罪行判处罪犯死刑。[also VN] 2 to give sb more control over their own life or the situation they are in增加（某人的）自主权；使控制局势：[VN] The movement actively empowered women and gave them conscience in themseives.这场运动使妇女更能主 动掌握自己的命运，对自己充满信心。[also VN to inf] ► em-power-ment noun [U] ： the empowerment of the individua丨让个人掌握自己的命运 emp-ress /'empras/ noun 1 a woman who is the ruler of an empire 女皇：the Empress 〇/Egypt 埃及女皇 2 the wife of an emperor 皇后.

emp-ties /'emptiz/ noun [pi ] empty bottles or glasses

空瓶;i空玻璃杯

emp-ti-ness /'emptinas/ noun [U, sing.] 1 a feeling of being sad because nothing seems to have any value 空 虚：TTiere was cm aching emptiness in her heart.她的内 心有一种隐隐作痛的空虚感。2 the fact that there is nothing or nobody in a place 空.无；■空旷：The siZence and emptiness of the house did not scare her.

并未使她感到害怕。3 a place that is empty空

地：He stared out at the vast emptiness that was the sea. 他放眼向辽阔无际的海洋望去。 empty 〇Tt /'empti/ adj., verb

m adj. (emp-tier, emp-ti-est) 1 — (of sth) with no people or things inside 空必：an empty b〇i/g〖〇5s 空盒 / 杯◊ empty hands (= not holding anything) o an empty pZate {= with no food on it)空盘子◊ TTie theatre was haZ/ empty.剧场只坐 了一半观众。◊ an empty house/ room/bus空着的房〒^房间/公兵—；车◊ Js this an empty chair (= not one that another person will be using)? 张椅子没人坐吗？ ◊ rhe house Aad been standing empty (;witliout people living in it) /or some rime.这房子 B 经有一段时间没住人Td ◊ ft’s not good to drinfc a〖co/ioZ on an empty stomach (= without having eaten some-

thing).空腹喝酒不好。◊ (/bmja/) TTie room was empty 〇/ furniture.渙间里什么家具都没有^ 2 [usuajly before noun] (of sth that sb says or does 言语或行动）with no meaning; not meaning what is said 空洞的；说话不算 数的；无诚意的 EO?l hollow： empty words 空话◊ cm empty promise 兑现不了 的承诺◊ an emp(y gesture aimed at the crowds旨在取悦观众的装腔作势3 (of a

person, or a person’s life 人或其生活）unhappy because life does not seem to have a purpose, usually after sth sad has happened空虚的；无意义的；无目的的：Three months after his death, she still felt empty.

她仍然感到心里很空遙。◊ My H/e seems empty without you.没有你，我的生活似乎就没有了童义。4 ~ of sth without a quality that you would expect to be there 没 有；缺乏；无：words that were empty 〇/ meaning 无意 义的 ^ ► emp.ti.ly fldv.: She stood staring emptily into space.她站着茫然地凝视远方。

■ verb (emp ties, empty-ing, emp-tied, emp-tied) 1 [VN] ~ sth (out/out of sth) | - sth (of sth) to remove every- thing that is in a container，etc.倒空；腾空；掏空：

1 emptied out my pockets but could not find my keys. ^ 把口袋里的东西都掏了出来，仍然找不到我的钥匙。◊ S/ie emptied the water out 〇/ the vase•她把水从花瓶里 倒 T¹ 出来。◊ He emptied Ziis gZass and asfced/or a 他喝了一杯，又要求再斟满一杯。◊ He emptied the ashtrays, washed the glasses and went to bed.他倒掉烟 灰缸里的灰，洗完杯子就上床睡觉了。◊The roo/n had been emptied o/aH_/i/rnimre.屋里所有的家具都搬走了。

0 (figurative) She emptied her mind of all thoughts of home.她打治了想家的所有念头。2 [V卜(out) to become empty 变'空The tank empties out in five minutes.

器里岛液体五分钟就流干了。◊ The streets soon emptied when the rain started.雨下起来时街上很快便空无一人。

3 [VN]〜sth (out) to take out the contents of sth and put them somewhere else把…移出，把…腾出」置于 另(I 处）：She emptied the contents of her bag onto the taWe.她把包里的永西全倒在了桌子上。◊ Manyfictories emptied their waste into the river.许泰工厂都择污水排进 了这条河里。4 [VN] to make sure that everyone leaves a room, building, etc.(把…）撤出，撤离；撤空 PfgTl evacuate： Police had instructions to empty the building because 〇/a bomb threat.由于炸弹的威無，警方奉命将 人撤离这栋大楼。5 [V] ~ (out丨丨nto/onto sth to flow or move out from one place to another 流入；涌进：The Rhine empti’eshto the iVort/i Sea.莱请河逄乂 北海。◊ Fans emptied out onto the streets after the concert.

会结束后，乐迷涌到大街上<：

.empty-¹ handed adj. [not usually before noun] without getting what you wanted; without taking sth to sb —无 所获；空手：The robbers/fed empty-handed.抢劫犯一 无所获地逃走了。◊ She visited every Sunday and never arrived empty-handed•她每个星期天都来拜访，没有哪一 次不带礼物。

.empty-¹ headed adj. unable to think or behave in an intelligent way没头齒[的；傻的；无知的

the .empty nest noun [sing.] the situation that parents are in when their children have grown up and left home空巢（子女长大离家后家长独守家中）

.empty 'nester noun [usually pi.] a parent whose children have grown up and lef^t home 空巢家长

EMS /,i: em 'es/ noun 1 [U] the abbreviation for enhanced message service (a system for sending pictures, music and long written messages from one mobile phone/ cellphone to another)增强型短消息服务（手机传送图 片、音乐以及长条信息的系统）2 [C] a message sent by EMS增强型短消息

EMU /,i: em 'ju:/ abbr. Economic and Monetary Union (of the European Union)(欧盟）经济和货币联盟

emu /'iimju:/ noun a large Australian bird that can run fast but cannot fly鸸鹋（澳洲大型鸟，善跑但不会飞)

emu-late /'emjuleit/ verb [VN] 1 (formal) to try to do sth as well as sb else because you admire them 努力赶上； 同…竞争：She hopes to emulate her sister's sporting achievements.她希i在运动成绩方面赶上她姐姐。

2 (computing if) (of a computer program, etc.

■■序等）to work in the same way as another computer， etc. and perform the same tasks 仿真；► emu-la- tion /.einjuleijn/ noun [U, C]