hire

verb

1. 租用；租借
   to pay money to borrow sth for a short time
   1. to hire a car/room/video
      租汽车 / 房间 / 录像带
2. 聘用；录用；雇用
   to give sb a job
   1. She was hired three years ago.
      她是三年前录用的。
   2. He does the hiring and firing in our company.
      他在我们公司负责员工的聘用和辞退。
3. 临时雇用
   to employ sb for a short time to do a particular job
   1. to hire a lawyer
      聘请律师
   2. They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.
      他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。

noun

1. 租借；租用；租赁
   the act of paying to use sth for a short time
   1. bicycles for hire , £2 an hour
      自行车出租，每小时2英镑
   2. a hire car
      供租用的汽车
   3. a car hire firm
      汽车出租公司
   4. The price includes the hire of the hall.
      费用包括礼堂租金。
   5. The costumes are on hire from the local theatre.
      戏装可向本地剧院租用。
2. 新雇员；新员工
   a person who has recently been given a job by a company

1. VERB 雇用
   If you hire someone, you employ them or pay them to do a particular job for you.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. He will be in charge of all hiring and firing at PHA.
      他将负责公共房产管理局所有人员的雇用和解聘事务。
   4. ...the mystery assassin (who turned out to be a hired killer).
      神秘刺客（最终被证实是一名雇用杀手）
2. VERB （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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 rent


3. N-UNCOUNT 租赁（业）;出租（业务）
   You use hire to refer to the activity or business of hiring something.
   1. 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。
   2. Hire of skis, boots and clothing, is all available.
      滑雪板、滑雪靴和滑雪服皆有出租。
   3. ...a day's outing by hire car to the southern coast of Crete.
      赴克里特南部海滨租车一日游

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 rental


4. PHRASE 供出租;待租
   If something is for hire, it is available for you to hire.
   1. Fishing tackle is available for hire.
      有钓具可供出租。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 for rent


Do not confuse hire, rent, and let. In British English, if you pay a sum of money to use something for a short time, you say that you hire it. In American English, it is more common to say that you rent it. He was unable to hire another car... He rented a car for the weekend. If you make a series of payments to use something for a long time, you say that you rent it. ...the apartment he had rented... He rented a TV. You can say that you rent a house or room to someone when they pay you money to live there. We rented our house to an American professor. You can also say that you let a house or room to someone. They were letting a room to a school teacher.
不要混淆hire, rent和let。表示短期租用某物时，英国英语用hire，而美国英语则更常用rent。如，He was unable to hire another car（他没钱再多租一辆车了），He rented a car for the weekend（他租了辆车度周末）。表示长期租用某物并分期支付费用时，要用rent，如，the apartment he had rented（他租住的公寓），He rented a TV（他租了台电视机）。也可以用rent表示将房子或房间租给别人住并收取租金，如，We rented our house to an American professor（我们把房子租给了一位美国教授）。出租房子或房间也可用let，如，They were letting a room to a school teacher（他们把一个房间租给了一名老师）。

1. We had to hire maids through an agency.
   我们得通过中介雇用女佣。
2. There are three small boats available for hire
   有3艘小船可供出租。
3. The church here was left a bequest to hire doctors who would work amongst the poor.
   这个教堂接收到一笔遗产，可以用来聘请医生为穷人治病。
4. It became increasingly expensive to hire casual workers.
   雇用临时工越来越贵了。
5. The brothers chip in a certain amount of money each month to hire a home health aide.
   兄弟几个每个月凑一笔钱，请了一个家庭护理。
6. You can hire these from most car hire firms, provided you have a clean driving licence.
   只要你的驾照没有违规记录，就可以从多数租车公司租到这些车。
7. Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can hire one?
   既然可以租电锯，为什么要花大价钱买一个呢？
8. Skis are available for hire on a daily basis.
   雪橇可以按天租用。
9. The Budapest office plans to hire freelance reporters to cover the latest happenings.
   布达佩斯办事处计划聘用自由撰稿记者来报道最近发生的一些事件。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. He will be in charge of all hiring and firing at PHA.
    他将负责公共房产管理局所有人员的雇用和解聘事务。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. Hire of skis, boots and clothing, is all available.
    滑雪板、滑雪靴和滑雪服皆有出租。
17. Fishing tackle is available for hire.
    有钓具可供出租。
18. Hire someone with experience, someone who knows about real estate
    雇佣有经验、了解房地产业的人。
19. The risks can be so complex that banks hire mathematicians to puzzle them out.
    由于风险过高，银行便聘请数学家来解决这些问题。
20. Child car seats only cost about £ 10 a week to hire.
    儿童汽车坐椅一周的租金才10英镑。
21. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well
    他们千方百计雇用那些性格上天生适合服务顾客的人。
22. When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.
    本有可能雇用他的老板们得知他吸烟后，说他们不会雇他。
23. No one perceived themself to be in a position to hire such a man.
    没有人认为自己能做主雇用这样一个人。
24. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
    小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
25. Local authorities are likely to refuse to hire facilities to unrecognised martial arts organisations.
    当地的主管机构可能会拒绝向非官方的武术组织出租设备。
26. The accommodation is some distance from the clubhouse, so a hire car comes in useful.
    住处离会所有一段距离，所以租一辆车会很有用。
27. Their threat to hire replacement workers has the union with its back to the wall.
    他们威胁说要雇用替工，这使工会陷入了困境。
28. It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
    租一辆面包车自己搬的话，算起来可能要更省钱些。
29. You can get boats on hire here.
    你在这里可以租到小船。
30. We should hire a hall to hold such a meeting.
    要召开这样的会议，我们应该租一个大礼堂。

hire sth↔out

1. 出租某物
   to let sb use sth for a short time, in return for payment
   1. to hire a car/room/video
      租汽车 / 房间 / 录像带

hire yourself out (to sb)

1. 为（某人）工作；受聘于；受雇于
   to arrange to work for sb
   1. to hire a lawyer
      聘请律师
   2. They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system.
      他们请了一家咨询公司来设计新的系统。

n.

ply for hire/trade/business

• 招徕顾客；等生意
  to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business
  1. taxis plying for hire outside the theatre
     在剧院外招揽乘客的出租车

noun

1. the act of hiring something or someone
   1. he signed up for a week's car hire

2. a newly hired employee
   1. the new hires need special training

verb

1. engage for service under a term of contract
   1. We took an apartment on a quiet street
   2. Let's rent a car
   3. Shall we take a guide in Rome?

   Synonym:    leaserentcharterengagetake

2. engage or hire for work
   1. They hired two new secretaries in the department
   2. How many people has she employed?

   Synonym:    engageemploy

3. hold under a lease or rental agreement

   Synonym:    rentcharterlease