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staff

/staf, stahf/US // stæf, stɑf //UK // (stɑːf) //

工作人员,职员,员工,人员

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n.名词 noun
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    plural staffs for 1-5, 9; staves [steyvz] /steɪvz/ or staffs for 6-8, 10, 11.

    • : a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
    • : a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive.
    • : a member of a staff.
    • : Military. a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer.the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat.
    • : those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project.Compare line.
    • : a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc.
    • : a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace.
    • : a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed.
    • : something that supports or sustains.
    • : Also stave .Music. a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written.
    • : Archaic. the shaft of a spear, lance, etc.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : of or relating to a military or organizational staff: a staff officer; staff meetings.
    • : employed on the staff of a corporation, publication, institution, or the like rather than being self-employed or practicing privately: a staff writer; staff physicians at the hospital.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to provide with a staff of assistants or workers: She staffed her office with excellent secretaries.
    • : to serve on the staff of.
    • : to send to a staff for study or further work: The White House will staff out the recommendations before making a decision.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to hire employees, as for a new office or project: Next month we'll begin staffing up for the reelection campaign.

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Examples

  • The litigation highlights what some said is the firm’s extreme approach to departing staff.

  • In 2019, we surveyed our staff, and the results tell us that we have fallen well short of the goal we set.

  • We also distributed a form to staff, which was also volunteer and anonymous.

  • Within days, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it anticipated staying closed through July and laying off much of its staff.

  • There are also 12 active staff cases and one staff member who has recovered from the coronavirus.

  • They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • You get these high-profile people that go into prison, and the staff abuse their authority.

  • He would talk to Mecallari and the staff about what was of paramount importance to him, his two sons.

  • Grimm has even been actively trying hire staff members for his office in recent weeks after several former aides deserted him.

  • With each division, in addition to the divisional staff, there were officers detached from the headquarters staff.

  • As Felipe approached, the old man's face beamed with pleasure, and he came forward totteringly, leaning on a staff in each hand.

  • By the end of the campaign of 1796 he had proved that he was as great a chief of the staff as Bonaparte was a great commander.

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  • So it was all arranged, and Lawrence went to see his uncle and tell him of his new position on Blair's staff.