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staff¹ /stɑːf; stæf/ n. | a. | vt. | phr.
I ([复] staffs /stɑːfs; stæfs, stævz/ 或〈古〉staves /steɪvz, stævz/)
n.
1. ([复] staffs) 全体职员，全体雇员；(学校的)教职员工
The company has got a staff of about 40. 这家公司大约有40名职员。
the editorial staff of a paper 一家报纸的全体编辑人员
a maintenance staff 维修保养组人员
There are two students to every member of staff. 师生人数之比为一名教师对两名学生。
The United Nations has large and expanding staffs of language experts. 联合国拥有大批语言专家，而且还在不断增加。
establish a full staff of planners 建立一整套的规划人员班底
2. ([复]staffs) (辅助州长、总统等的)工作班子；【军】全体参谋人员，参谋机构
serve on the mayor's planning staff 供职于市长的规划人员班子
The general was delighted to have me on his personal staff. 将军很高兴我参加他的私人参谋班子。
3. [单复同]〈罕〉一名雇员(或教员、医生等)
I'm a working staff, too. 我也是一名工作人员。
The director will introduce the new staff and ask him to say a few words. 主任将介绍新来同人，并请他说几句话。
an organization with more than 7,000 staff 一个拥有7000名工作人员的机构
4. 拐杖；棍棒
The old man was stumping with his staff. 老汉拄着拐杖艰难地行走。
fall under sb.'s staff 被某人一棍子击倒
5. (主教的)牧杖；权杖；官杖；魔杖；指挥棒；警棍
6. 长杆；旗杆；标杆，标尺；(钟表的)小轴杆；(梯子、椅子等的)横档
lower flags to half staff 下半旗
7. 支柱，支撑
The boy was the very staff of my age. 这男孩就是我老来的依靠。
8. (铁道的)路签
9. ([复] staves) 【音】五线谱
10. [常作S-] = staff sergeant
11. 〈古〉(枪等的)长柄
12. 〈废〉(诗)节
II a.
1. 职员的，雇员的；作为正式雇员的
a staff member 一名职员
staff woes 员工的怨言
a staff writer (报刊等的)正式撰稿人
a staff correspondent 本报(或本刊)记者
2. 参谋人员的，参谋的
staff aides 随从参谋
III vt.
1. 为…配备职员(或教员等)；担任…的职员(或教员等)
staff public services and industries with men with a good formal training 为公用事业和各行各业配备受过良好正规训练的人员
be tightly staffed 人手紧绌
The labs are staffed by (或 with) engineers and physicists. 实验室配备了工程师和物理学家。
2. 雇用，雇有
The emergency centre staffs a nurse and a doctor. 急救中心雇有一名护士和一名医生。
[< OE stæf; 与 OHG stab, stampfōn to stamp 有关] phr. keep (或 have) the staff in one's own hand 1. 自己掌管财产 2. 掌权，大权在握 put down one's staff in a place 暂歇 staff up 给…增添适当数量的工作人员 They are understaffed and we are staffing them up. 他们人员不足，我们正给他们充实员工。strike staff 暂住 |