employable
employable — 形容詞
- employablepositive
- more employablecomparative
- most employablesuperlative
1. having the skills, experience, or personal qualities that make an employer willi
好找工作
具備讓雇主願意錄用的技能與條件
having the skills, experience, or personal qualities that make an employer willing to hire you
After the coding course, Kabir became more employable in the local tech market.
上完程式課後，Kabir 在當地科技業變得更好找工作了。
become more employable after gaining a skill
Two years of kitchen experience made Elena employable at several busy hotels.
兩年的廚房經驗讓 Elena 更容易被好幾家忙碌的飯店錄用。
make + object + employable
Min stayed employable because she could speak three languages with confidence.
Min 仍然很好找工作，因為她能自信地說三種語言。
After six months away from work, Iris kept her skills fresh and remained employable.
離開職場六個月後，Iris 仍持續磨練技能，因此依然好找工作。
- hireable
more informal and narrower, focusing on whether someone can be hired now
- qualified
stresses meeting skill or training requirements, often more formally
- job-ready
emphasizes being prepared to start work immediately
- marketable
broader; can describe skills or products that attract demand
- unemployable
not considered fit for regular work because of missing skills, health, or other serious barriers
文法句型
be employable
become more employable
make somebody employable
用法筆記
Often used in discussions about training, education, health, or work experience. It describes being likely to get hired, not already having a job, so distinguish it from 'employed'.
常見錯誤
employable — 名詞
1. a person who has the ability and readiness needed to take a regular job
可就業者
已具備工作能力且可投入工作的個人
a person who has the ability and readiness needed to take a regular job
The report counted 2,300 employables who could start work within a month.
報告統計出 2300 名可就業者，他們能在一個月內開始工作。
formal countable noun in reports
Career coaches met young employables at the community center on Saturday morning.
職涯教練週六早上在社區中心與年輕的可就業者會面。
The agency matched local employables with farms needing extra workers for the harvest.
該機構把當地可就業者介紹給需要額外採收工人的農場。
After the factory reopened, the town had more employables than available jobs.
工廠重新開張後，鎮上可就業者的人數比現有職缺還多。
- worker
much broader; includes people who already have jobs
- job seeker
focuses on looking for work, not on being fit to do it
- candidate
usually refers to a specific application or selection process
- unemployable
a person judged unable to take regular work
文法句型
an employable
young employables
employables in an area
用法筆記
This noun is much less common than the adjective and appears mainly in official or statistical writing about employment. In everyday English, speakers usually say 'employable people' instead.