Word · 単語
働かせる
Reading はたらかせる
to put someone to work
- 1 to put someone to work, to make someone work
- 2 to use, to apply, to exert, to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)
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例文 · examples
想像力を働かせた。
I used my imagination.
sense 2 · to use
彼らは彼を働かせた。
They made him work.
sense 1 · to put someone to work
彼らは私たちを一晩中働かせた。
They made us work all night.
sense 1 · to put someone to work
課長は私を奴隷のように働かせた。
The section chief made me work like a slave.
sense 1 · to put someone to work
彼らの上司は彼らの意志に反して彼らを働かせた。
Their boss made them work against their will.
sense 1 · to put someone to work