They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and other possessions.

Anyone who hires people to work for him or his company is called an employer.

任何雇请他人为自己工作的人称为雇主.

They hired agents to conduct their company.

他们雇请代理人来管理他们的公司.

So the general hired the best physician and finally cured the soldier.

因此,将军雇请了一名最好的医师,终于治愈了士兵的疾病.

The boss tried to bleed his employees for every penny they had.

老板力图从雇工们身上榨取出每一分钱.

He began hiring, expanding operations, annual settlement, a great surplus.

他开始雇工, 扩大经营, 年年结算, 大有盈余.

The men were glad to have that water in the jug.

雇工们喝到壶里的水很开心.

Unstable employment and high turnover do not allow for the accumulation of experience.

雇工小稳定、频繁调动对积累经验是不允许的.

A happy man, he had managed to weather his hard and drudging existence than most.

由于他愉快, 他成功地打发了他一生中最艰苦的做雇工的时光.

I'll make up the bed in your old room.

我会把你原来房间的床铺整理好。

I found English difficult at first.

原先我觉得英语难学.

His original intention was to become a minister.

他原先的打算是当牧师.

Sometimes we had to dig ditches many kilometers long , the longest being 30 kilometers.

有时为疏通一条渠道使船出去,要掘几十里(最长的有六十里)的小河沟.

Hegou three relatively flat area is the township, the main source of food.

三条河沟地带较为平坦,是全乡粮食的主要产地.

The small brook nearly dried up.

这条小河沟几乎干涸了.

A while later, it went into a hole of a ditch.

很快, 她就钻到河沟边的小洞里,不见了.

Ditch that the truth inside pass from his mistake.

真理之川从他的错误之沟渠中通过.

He leaped the horse across the ditch.

他纵马跳过沟渠.

The ditch filled up with mud.

沟渠为泥所淤塞.

The knives are out on both sides.

双方剑拨弩张.

His pants were baggy at the knees.

他的裤子在膝盖处鼓鼓囊囊的.