recruiting
recruiting — verb
- recruitingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- recruitings3rd person singular
- recruitinging-ing form
- recruitingedpast simple
1. to find and sign up new people so that they will work for a business, join a tea
to find and sign up new people so that they will work for a business, join a team, or fight for an army
The hospital is recruiting nurses from three nearby towns this spring.
recruit + people noun as object
Adaeze spent the summer recruiting volunteers for the river clean-up.
recruit + group of people for a cause
Our football coach is recruiting hard before the new season starts.
The army began recruiting young soldiers from the mountain villages.
Joaquín helped the small bakery by recruiting two bakers from his old job.
- dismiss
to remove someone from a job rather than bring them in
文法句型
recruit + noun
recruit + for + noun
用法筆記
Object is usually a person or group being signed up (nurses, soldiers, volunteers); use 'recruit for' when naming the team or cause they will join.
常見錯誤
recruiting — noun
1. someone who has just joined a group, company, or army and is still learning how
someone who has just joined a group, company, or army and is still learning how things are done
The two new recruits stood nervously outside the army training camp.
collocation: new recruit
Beatrix showed the latest recruits where the office kitchen was.
recruit as a person joining a workplace
Every recruit at the fire station must finish six weeks of hard training.
Rohan was the youngest recruit on the rescue team last year.
The coach paired each older player with a nervous young recruit.
- veteran
an experienced member who has been around a long time
文法句型
a recruit
new recruits
用法筆記
Often used with 'new', 'young', or 'raw' to stress that the person has only just joined and lacks experience.