em-ploy-ee 0-w /im'ploii:/ noun a person who is
paid to work for sb ^ Jji #; ^ X; iq.: The firm has over 500 employees. A 500 ^
£ fl jq o o government employees J$Uil ^ 0 employee
rights/relations JtkRfiLffl / em ploy er 0-w /im'ploia(r)/
noun a
person or company that pays people to work for them fl ft] #
; M ± ; ^
IS : They’re very
good employers [- they treat the people that work for them
well). ftMiH # 3? 69 ® X 0 0 one of the largest employers in
the area iiXitfcKSAWJiXA— em ploy ment 0-w /im'plaimant/
noun 1 [U,
C] work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed
X# ; : to
be in paid employment o full-time/
part-time
employment XIR / ^ IH X f^ O conditions/ terms of
employment fl ft] & # / & ifc 0 Graduates are finding it more
and more difficult to find employment.
# X :£!] fie
X JS A M 0 o pensions from previous employments o note at work 2 [U]
the situation in
which people have work
act of employing sb I
: The law
prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills.
4 [u] ~ (of sth)
(formal) the use of sth ftft]; fijft]: the employment of artillery in the
capture of the town em ployment agency noun a business that helps people to find work and
employers to find workers |R
Jk frmm
em por ium /em'pairiam/ noun [pi emporiums
or em- poria /-ria/) 1 (old-fashioned) a
large shop/store XW® MIS; 2 a shop/store
that sells a particular
type of goods if fft :
an arts and
crafts emporium X
em power /im'paua(r)/ verb [often passive] 1 (formal) to
give sb the power or authority to do sth in ( K
A ) ■•••
69&A Em authorize: [VN to inf] The courts were empowered
to impose the death sentence for certain crimes. [also VN] 2
to
give sb more control
over their own life or the situation they are in ( ^A69) &X&; [vn]
The
movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves. E is
/ft kg f£| A JlL tk ± /ft#H i B69ijpj5, M § [also VN to inf]
► em-power-ment noun [U]: the empowerment of the individual
ifcXAIMl-g B69#S emp ress
/'empras/ noun 1 a
woman who is the ruler of an empire ~kfk: the Empress of
wife of an emperor J| Jg
empties /'emptiz/ noun [pi ] empty bottles or glasses
emptiness /'emptinas/ noun [U, sing.] 1 a
feeling of being sad because nothing seems to have any value $ 0: There was an aching emptiness in
her heart. ffti 4> Hfit o
2 the fact that there is
nothing or nobody in a
place $ A; $RT: The
silence and emptiness of the house did not scare her. ftr o 3 (formal) a place that is
empty $
itk: He stared out at the vast
emptiness that was the sea.
empty On /‘empti/ adj., verb
m adj. (emptier, empti-est) 1 - (of
sth) with no people or things inside $ 69 : an empty box/glass QiklWo empty hands (= not holding anything) empty
plate (= with no food on it) $ j§L 7 o The theatre was half
empty. Jgi] % R X 7—ft M fX „ 0 an empty house/ room/bus
$$169^7/^10]/ 0 Is this an empty
chair (= not one that another person will be
using)?
7'&AX ? 0 The house had been standing
empty (= without people living in it) for some time.
&II-7B l&Bft OU&XAXc 0 It’s not
g°°d to drink alcohol on an empty stomach (=
without having eaten some
thing). o O (formal) The room was empty of
furniture. 2 [usually before noun]
(of sth that sb says or does
g iff £& fr /ft) with no meaning; not meaning what is said (ft; ftM fk69; Em HOLLOW:
empty words $ij
0 an
empty promise XftftXX W^ilr 0 on empty gesture aimed at pleasing the
crowds i1 3
(of a
person, or a person’s
life Al£^X?S) unhappy because life does not seem to have a purpose, usually
after sth sad has happened 69; ASA69; AS69&9: Three months after his death, she still
felt empty. fik^E M kft 3ij M IS $ 0 o 0 My life seems empty without
you. 4 ~ of sth
without a quality that
you would expect to be there fS; A; A:
words that
were empty of meaning ftM
AfiiJiS ► emp-tMy adv.: She stood staring emptily into
space.
■ verb (emp
ties, empty-ing, emp-tied, emp tied) 1 [VN] ~ sth (out/out of sth) | ~ sth (of sth) to
remove everything that is in a container, etc. #J $; ft X ; :
1
emptied out my pockets but could not find my keys, fk
fen^S^ffiMTihA, O
She
emptied the water out of the vase, fdk fE
7jc jk Vi M M T tij Mo o He emptied his glass and asked for a refill.
0 He
emptied the
ashtrays, washed the glasses and went to bed. ilk f±ij W letolWI, SfTo
0 The room had
been emptied of all furniture. o
0 (figurative) She emptied her mind of all
thoughts of home. MITM THitiko 2 [V] ~ (out) to
become empty : The tank empties out in five minutes. A3§r o The
streets soon emptied
when the rain started. Ao
3 [VN] ~ sth (out) to take out the contents of sth and put
them somewhere else JE■■■&&,
jfi---Mill ( if ^lj ) : She emptied the contents of her bag onto
the table. 0 Many factories
emptied their waste into the river.
TixTrMM, 4 [VN] to make sure that everyone leaves a
room, building, etc. (!£•••)$&, Em
evacuate: Police had instructions to empty
the building because of a bomb threat.
AM^&I^A^co 5 [V]
~ (out)
into/onto sth to flow or move out from one place to another MA; Sift: The
.empty-1
handed adj. [not usually before noun] without getting
what you wanted; without taking sth to sb — ft Br&; $ The robbers fled empty-handed. Jfr
O She visited every Sunday and never arrived empty-handed.
o
.empty-1
headed adj. unable
to think or behave in an intelligent way ft
69;
the .empty 'nest noun [sing.] the situation that parents are in when their children
have grown up and left home )
.empty
'nester noun [usually pi] a
parent whose children have grown up and left home 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)
ft. miftim
) 2 [C] a message sent by
EMS
EMU /,i: em 'ju:/ abbr. Economic
and Monetary Union (of the European Union) ( gkSI ) emu /'i:mju:/ noun a large
Australian bird that can run fast but cannot fly ®|®l ( MAM'S,, )
emu-late /'emjuleit/ verb [VN] 1 (formal) to try
to do sth as well as sb else because you admire them |i5] ••• : She hopes to emulate her sister’s sporting
achievements. M#M£3Szj(lJ&itAffi££±£lfeM£&o
2
(computing if) (of a
computer program, etc.
jy#) to work in the
same way as another computer, etc. and perform the same tasks ► emula
tion /.emju'leijn/ noun [U, C]