staff

noun

/stɑːf/

/stæf/

Idioms

[countable, usually singular, uncountable] all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group全体职工（或雇员）
- medical/nursing/teaching/coaching staff医务/护理/教学/教练人员
- The hospital staff cared for me so well.医院工作人员对我关怀备至。
- There are 12 full-time researchers plus technicians and other support staff.有12名全职研究人员加上技术人员和其他支持人员。
- female staff members女性工作人员
- (British English) part-time members of staff兼职工作人员
- to employ/recruit/hire/train staff雇用/招聘/雇用/培训员工
- He joined the editorial staff in 2018.2018年加入编辑部。
- We are suffering from an IT staff shortage.我们正面临着信息技术人员短缺的问题。
- The company has a good reputation for staff training.该公司在员工培训方面享有盛誉。
- We have a weekly staff meeting.我们每周开一次员工会议。
- (especially British English) on the staff a reporter on the staff of ‘The Times’ 《泰晤士报》的一名记者
Grammar Point staff
staff
- In British English staff (sense 1) can be singular:
  a staff of ten员工十人
  (= a group of ten people) or plural:亦可作复数：
  I have ten staff working for me我手下有十名职员。
  . If it is the subject of a verb, this verb is plural:该词如果作动词的主语，动词用复数：
  The staff in this shop are very helpful.这家店的员工非常乐意帮忙。
- In North American English staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular:
  a staff of ten员工十人
  (but not
  ten staff
  )
  The staff in this store is very helpful这家店的员工非常乐意帮忙。
  .
- The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both British English and North American English to refer to more than one group of people:
  the senator and his staff (singular)参议员及他的工作人员（单数）
  senators and their staffs (plural)参议员及他们各自的工作人员（复数）
  .
Collocations Jobs工作
Jobs职业Getting a job找工作
- look for work找工作
- look for/apply for/go for a job找工作；申请一个职位；努力争取工作
- get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)得到／拿到／完成／填写申请（表）
- send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter寄／通过电邮发送简历／申请／申请表／附函
- be called for/have/attend an interview被要求参加／有／参加面试
- offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion给某人提供一份工作；雇用某人；提拔某人
- find/get/land a job找到工作
- employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees雇用员工／工人／实习生
- recruit/appoint a manager招聘／任命经理
Doing a job做工作
- arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory上／下班；到办公室／工厂上班；从办公室／工厂下班
- start/finish work/your shift开始／结束工作／轮班工作时间
- do/put in/work overtime加班
- have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications拥有／获得／缺乏／需要经验／资格
- do/get/have/receive training做／得到／接受培训
- learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills学习／偶然学会／提高／发展技能
- cope with/manage/share/spread the workload应付／勉力完成／分担／分摊工作量
- improve your/achieve a better work-life balance达到更好的工作与生活的平衡
- have (no) job satisfaction/job security有／没有工作满足感／职业保障
Building a career建立职业生涯
- have a job/work/a career/a vocation有工作／事业／职业
- find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation找到／从事／致力于／实践适合自己的职业
- enter/go into/join a profession加入一个行业
- choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career选择／从事／开始／致力于一种职业
- change jobs/profession/career换工作／行业／职业
- be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance做自由职业
- do/take on temp work/freelance work做／开始从事临时工作／特约工作
- do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work做／从事／参与义务性工作
Leaving your job离职
- leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job离职；辞职
- give up work/your job/your career放弃工作／事业
- hand in your notice/resignation递交辞呈
- plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.计划／预计六月／明年等退休
- take early retirement提前退休
see also ground staff
- Robbie Keane has joined the coaching staff.罗比·基恩加入了教练团队。
- Junior medical staff take samples for blood grouping.初级医务人员抽取样本进行血型鉴定。
- The school has 1 300 plus students and just over 100 teaching staff. 学校有1 300多名学生和100多名教师。
- A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15 000 staff redundant over the next three years.发言人说银行计划在未来的 3 年内裁员15,000 人。
- There was a meeting of senior staff at the Home Office.内政部有一个高级职员会议。
- The event was organized by staff from several museum departments.这项活动是由几个博物馆部门的工作人员组织的。
- (British English) The bar staff are all young and cool-looking.酒吧工作人员都很年轻，看起来很酷。
- (North American English) The bar staff is very professional.酒吧工作人员非常专业。
- (British English) A member of staff asked us to leave.一名工作人员要求我们离开。
- Office staff arrived to find there had been a break-in.办公室人员赶到时发现有人闯入。
- Some orchestras have had to cut the number of players and administrative staff.一些管弦乐队不得不削减演奏者和管理人员的数量。
- Highly trained staff have been laid off.训练有素的员工被解雇了。
- They employ a staff of 40 researchers. 他们雇用了40名研究人员。
- They have difficulty recruiting and retaining staff.他们很难招聘和留住员工。
- She has the power to hire and fire staff.她有权雇佣和解雇员工。
- Properly training staff is vital to the success of a small business.适当培训员工对小企业的成功至关重要。
- Universities were asked to report on research activity among academic staff.大学被要求报告学术人员的研究活动。
- Companies who treat their employees right have lower staff turnover.正确对待员工的公司员工流失率较低。
- Staff morale is very low.员工士气很低。
- We had lunch in the staff canteen.我们在员工食堂吃了午饭。
- He's a staff writer (= employed on a regular salary, not paid by the piece) for The New Yorker.他是《纽约客》的在编撰稿人。
- a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine《生活》杂志的员工职位
- She's a staff scientist at the Research Institute.她是研究所的研究员。
- (North American English) He's a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission.他是联邦贸易委员会的职员律师。
- I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment.我听说他们目前正在招聘员工。
- She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life.她已在这家医院工作了大半辈子。
- Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff.一些公司正千方百计地留住技术娴熟的员工。
- Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work.专业培训对于做这项工作的员工很有必要。
- The company has a staff of fifty.这家公司有 50 名员工。
- The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks.这家医院冻结员工职位作为削减开支的一部份。
- The staff are working under pressure.员工们工作有压力。
- (British English) There are only four full-time members of staff in the company.这家公司只有 4 名全职员工。
- There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper.勤杂工人有单独的员工宿舍。
- They pay their staff by cheque.他们用支票支付员工工资。
- a staff person for a government agency一位政府机构的工作人员
- a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee众议院外交事务委员会的员工考核报告
- staff appointed to the project分配到该项目的员工
- the campaign staff of President Bush布什总统的竞选工作人员
- the medical staff who treated him during his confinement在他囚禁期间给予他治疗的医务人员
- I have ten staff working for me.我手下有十名职员。
- I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant.我倾向于不在员工餐厅吃饭。
- The store is closed for staff development.商店因员工发展而关闭。
- Three staff members were suspended after the incident.那次事件后有三名职工被暂时停职。
Topics Businessb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
verb + staff
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
staff + verb
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
staff + noun
- member
- person
- position
- …
preposition
- on the staff (of)
phrases
- chief of staff
- member of staff
[singular] (North American English) the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students（大、中、小学的）管理人员，行政人员
- Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days.那时候，学生和教职员都是男性。
Topics Educationc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
verb + staff
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
staff + verb
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
staff + noun
- member
- person
- position
- …
preposition
- on the staff (of)
phrases
- chief of staff
- member of staff
[countable + singular or plural verb] a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer（军队的）全体参谋人员
- a staff officer参谋
see also chief of staff, general staff
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
verb + staff
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
staff + verb
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
staff + noun
- member
- person
- position
- …
preposition
- on the staff (of)
phrases
- chief of staff
- member of staff
[countable] (old-fashioned or formal) a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority拐杖；棍棒；权杖
[countable] (especially North American English)
(plural staves)

(also stave)
(music音乐) a set of five lines on which music is written五线谱Topics Musicc2

词源Old English stæf (in sense (4)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.

Idioms

the staff of life

(literary) a basic food, especially bread主食；（尤指）面包