Having too few or fewer than the usual number of staff.
人手不足的
we're rather short-staffed what with Christmas and everything
Example sentencesExamples
We expressed sympathy for her being short-staffed on such a busy night, and she asked if we liked free stuff.
It may be worth getting to know what recruitment resources are at your disposal even if you aren't short-staffed currently.
It also revealed that the Clyde-based agency was short-staffed on the day of the tragedy last July.
We have been short-staffed at work because people keep going on holiday.
What does the future hold for us when we don't feel safe because we never see police in the area but a dozen officers can sit in a hall for three hours while complaining they are short-staffed?
In August, we were very busy because it was so hot but we were short-staffed because a lot of people were off on holiday.
Eventually she became exhausted from the long hours at the short-staffed school.
We were so short-staffed at points that senior management were often doing the duties of junior prison officers.
Harborview can't find the nursing and support personnel to handle the patient load it has now; it's chronically short-staffed.
We don't want to cause disruption to the public but we are short-staffed and our pay rise wasn't good and people are upset.
Although officially retired in 2001, Mrs Cullen regularly taught lessons at the school when the school was short-staffed.
If some commuters cannot get in then some employers will find themselves short-staffed.
Occasionally when we are short-staffed we have to pull people away from monitoring.
The business of health care combined with staff turnover and being short-staffed can affect a perioperative nurse's morale.
Other essential services are also short-staffed.
The midwife said jokingly they were quite short-staffed so they were glad I didn't give birth in the hospital.
Childcare centres are too short-staffed to adequately educate young Tasmanian children, says an international speaker on education.
In Arizona, officials say, more than a hundred prison guards are serving overseas, leaving their already crowded prisons badly short-staffed.
We knew we weren't supposed to do it, but we did it because we were short-staffed and it was the only way to get the rounds done on time.
So everyone was very stressed, a bit short-staffed.
Having too few or fewer than the usual number of staff.
人手不足的
we're rather short-staffed what with Christmas and everything
Example sentencesExamples
Harborview can't find the nursing and support personnel to handle the patient load it has now; it's chronically short-staffed.
We expressed sympathy for her being short-staffed on such a busy night, and she asked if we liked free stuff.
We don't want to cause disruption to the public but we are short-staffed and our pay rise wasn't good and people are upset.
The business of health care combined with staff turnover and being short-staffed can affect a perioperative nurse's morale.
In August, we were very busy because it was so hot but we were short-staffed because a lot of people were off on holiday.
What does the future hold for us when we don't feel safe because we never see police in the area but a dozen officers can sit in a hall for three hours while complaining they are short-staffed?
It also revealed that the Clyde-based agency was short-staffed on the day of the tragedy last July.
So everyone was very stressed, a bit short-staffed.
Other essential services are also short-staffed.
We have been short-staffed at work because people keep going on holiday.
If some commuters cannot get in then some employers will find themselves short-staffed.
The midwife said jokingly they were quite short-staffed so they were glad I didn't give birth in the hospital.
We knew we weren't supposed to do it, but we did it because we were short-staffed and it was the only way to get the rounds done on time.
Childcare centres are too short-staffed to adequately educate young Tasmanian children, says an international speaker on education.
Eventually she became exhausted from the long hours at the short-staffed school.
We were so short-staffed at points that senior management were often doing the duties of junior prison officers.
In Arizona, officials say, more than a hundred prison guards are serving overseas, leaving their already crowded prisons badly short-staffed.
Although officially retired in 2001, Mrs Cullen regularly taught lessons at the school when the school was short-staffed.
It may be worth getting to know what recruitment resources are at your disposal even if you aren't short-staffed currently.
Occasionally when we are short-staffed we have to pull people away from monitoring.