staff noun ⇨staff (members of staff)⇨worker2 (students, faculty and staff)staff
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➡ See also the entry for worker1另見worker條第1義staff ♦︎ personnel ♦︎ workforce ♦︎ manpower ♦︎ sales force ♦︎ human resourcesThese are all words for the people who work for, or are available to work for, an organization, or the skills and abilities they offer.這些詞均表示某個機構的全體職工、勞動力或人力資源。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a / an) female / male / skilled / unskilled / qualified / trained / experienced staff / personnel / workforce◆(a / an) 10-strong / 2000-strong, etc. staff / workforce / sales force◆to join the staff / workforce / sales force◆to train / reduce / increase staff / personnel / the workforce■staff [countable, usually singular] all the people employed in a company or organization considered as a group全體職工(或僱員)◆All medical staff are tested for the virus.所有醫務人員都接受了病毒檢測。◆ (BrE) We have 20 part-time members of staff.我們有20位兼職員工。◆ (NAmE) Three staff members were suspended after the incident.那次事件後有三名職工被暫時停職。◆ (especially BrE) He's a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature.他是一名供職於世界自然基金會的律師。ⓘ In British English staff can be singular or plural.在英式英語中,staff可作單數或複數◆a staff of ten(= a group of ten people)員工十人◆I have ten staff working for me.我手下有十名職員。If it is the subject of a verb this verb is plural. * staff如用作動詞的主語,則動詞要用複數形式◆The staff in this shop are very helpful.這家商店的員工非常樂意幫忙。In American English staff can only be singular.在美式英語中,staff只能作單數◆a staff of ten員工十人◆ten staff◆The staff in this store is very helpful.這家商店的員工非常樂意幫忙。The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both British and American English to refer to more than one group of people.該詞的複數形式staffs不大常用,但在英式和美式英語中均指一組以上的人員◆the senator and his staff參議員和他的工作人員◆senators and their staffs參議員以及他們的工作人員 see also staff member,member of staff ⇨ worker1, staff ⇨ worker2■personnel ˌpɜːsəˈnel; NAmEˌpɜːrsəˈnel [plural] (business商業) all the people employed in a company or organization or one of the armed forces considered as a group(公司、機構或軍隊中的)全體人員,全體職員◆There is a severe shortage of skilled personnel.熟練員工嚴重短缺。◆The bomb killed 28 military personnel.炸彈炸死了28名軍事人員。ⓘ Personnel is used especially after words such as administrative, civilian, computer, key, medical, military, security, technical, skilled and trained. Personnel is also often used instead of staff in business contexts. Personnel [uncountable + singular or plural verb] is also the department in a company that deals with employing and training people. * personnel尤用在administrative、civilian、computer、key、medical、military、security、technical、skilled和trained等詞後面。在商務語境中personnel也常用來代替staff。personnel還可指公司的人事部門◆the personnel department人事部◆Personnel is currently reviewing pay scales.目前人事部門正在審核工資級别。■workforceˈwɜːkfɔːs; NAmEˈwɜːrkfɔːrs [countable + singular or plural verb] all the workers employed in a company or organization considered as a group; all the people in a country or area who are available for work(公司或機構的)全體員工;(國家或地區的)勞動力,勞動人口◆The factory will have to lose half of its 1 000-strong workforce.這家工廠將不得不把多達1 000人的職工裁減一半。◆A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.當地四分之一的勞動力都失業了。ⓘ Workforce is used especially to talk about the number of people working for an organization, or an increase or reduction in this number. * workforce尤用於指某個機構的職工人數,或用來表示職工人數的增加或減少。■manpowerˈmænpaʊə(r) [uncountable] the number of workers needed or available to do a particular job(需要或現有的)勞動力,人手,人力◆We need to ensure best use of the available manpower.我們需確保最有效地利用現有的人力。■ˈsales force [countable + singular or plural verb] the people who work for a company, whose job is to sell products, either in a shop or by visiting customers in order to get orders銷售人員;推銷人員◆The company has a 500-strong nationwide sales force.這家公司在全國各地的銷售人員多達500人。■ˌhuman reˈsources [plural] (business商業) people's skills and abilities, seen as sth a company or organization can make use of人力資源◆She's responsible for making the best use of human resources.她負責最有效地利用人力資源。ⓘ Human resources or HR [uncountable + singular or plural verb] is also the department in a company that deals with employing and training people. * human resources或HR也可指公司的人事部門◆the human resources director人事部主管◆She works in human resources.她在人事部工作。 see also resource ⇨ supply