- [countable, usually singular, uncountable]
all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group 全體職工（或僱員） medical/nursing/teaching/coaching staff 醫務/護理/教學/教練人員 The hospital staff cared for me so well. 醫院工作人員對我關懷備至。 There are 12 full-time researchers plus technicians and other support staff. 有12名全職研究人員加上技術人員和其他支持人員。 female staff members 女性工作人員 - (British English)
part-time members of staff 兼職工作人員 to employ/recruit/hire/train staff 僱用/招聘/僱用/培訓員工 He joined the editorial staff in 2018. 2018年加入編輯部。 We are suffering from an IT staff shortage. 我們正面臨着信息技術人員短缺的問題。 The company has a good reputation for staff training. 該公司在員工培訓方面享有盛譽。 We have a weekly staff meeting. 我們每周開一次員工會議。 - (especially British English) on the staff
a reporter on the staff of ‘The Times’ 《泰晤士報》的一名記者
Grammar Point staffstaff- In British English staff (sense 1) can be singular:
a staff of ten 員工十人
亦可作複數： I have ten staff working for me 我手下有十名職員。
該詞如果作動詞的主語，動詞用複數： The staff in this shop are very helpful. 這家店的員工非常樂意幫忙。
- In North American English staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular:
a staff of ten 員工十人
- ten staff
The staff in this store is very helpful 這家店的員工非常樂意幫忙。
- 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) 參議員及他的工作人員（單數） senators and their staffs (plural) 參議員及他們各自的工作人員（複數）
Collocationssee also ground staffJobs 工作 Jobs 職業 Getting a job 找工作 - look for work
找工作 - look for/apply for/go for a job
找工作；申請一個職位；努力爭取工作 - get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
得到／拿到／完成／填寫申請（表） - send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
寄／通過電郵發送簡歷／申請／申請表／附函 - be called for/have/attend an interview
被要求參加／有／參加面試 - offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
給某人提供一份工作；僱用某人；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
僱用員工／工人／實習生 - recruit/appoint a manager
招聘／任命經理
Doing a job 做工作 - arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
上／下班；到辦公室／工廠上班；從辦公室／工廠下班 - start/finish work/your shift
開始／結束工作／輪班工作時間 - do/put in/work overtime
加班 - have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
擁有／獲得／缺乏／需要經驗／資格 - do/get/have/receive training
做／得到／接受培訓 - learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
學習／偶然學會／提高／發展技能 - cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
應付／勉力完成／分擔／分攤工作量 - improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
達到更好的工作與生活的平衡 - have (no) job satisfaction/job security
有／沒有工作滿足感／職業保障
Building a career 建立職業生涯 - have a job/work/a career/a vocation
有工作／事業／職業 - find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
找到／從事／致力於／實踐適合自己的職業 - enter/go into/join a profession
加入一個行業 - choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
選擇／從事／開始／致力於一種職業 - change jobs/profession/career
換工作／行業／職業 - be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
做自由職業 - do/take on temp work/freelance work
做／開始從事臨時工作／特約工作 - do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
做／從事／參與義務性工作
Leaving your job 離職 - leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
離職；辭職 - give up work/your job/your career
放棄工作／事業 - hand in your notice/resignation
遞交辭呈 - plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
計劃／預計六月／明年等退休 - take early retirement
提前退休
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1Robbie Keane has joined the coaching staff. 羅比·基恩加入了教練團隊。 Junior medical staff take samples for blood grouping. 初級醫務人員抽取樣本進行血型鑒定。 The school has 1 300 plus students and just over 100 teaching staff. 學校有1 300多名學生和100多名教師。 A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15 000 staff redundant over the next three years. 發言人說銀行計劃在未來的 3 年内裁員15,000 人。 There was a meeting of senior staff at the Home Office. 内政部有一個高級職員會議。 The event was organized by staff from several museum departments. 這項活動是由幾個博物館部門的工作人員組織的。 - (British English)
The bar staff are all young and cool-looking. 酒吧工作人員都很年輕，看起來很酷。 - (North American English)
The bar staff is very professional. 酒吧工作人員非常專業。 - (British English)
A member of staff asked us to leave. 一名工作人員要求我們離開。 Office staff arrived to find there had been a break-in. 辦公室人員趕到時發現有人闖入。 Some orchestras have had to cut the number of players and administrative staff. 一些管弦樂隊不得不削減演奏者和管理人員的數量。 Highly trained staff have been laid off. 訓練有素的員工被解僱了。 They employ a staff of 40 researchers. 他們僱用了40名研究人員。 They have difficulty recruiting and retaining staff. 他們很難招聘和留住員工。 She has the power to hire and fire staff. 她有權僱傭和解僱員工。 Properly training staff is vital to the success of a small business. 適當培訓員工對小企業的成功至關重要。 Universities were asked to report on research activity among academic staff. 大學被要求報告學術人員的研究活動。 Companies who treat their employees right have lower staff turnover. 正確對待員工的公司員工流失率較低。 Staff morale is very low. 員工士氣很低。 We had lunch in the staff canteen. 我們在員工食堂吃了午飯。 He's a staff writer (= employed on a regular salary, not paid by the piece) for The New Yorker. 他是《紐約客》的在編撰稿人。 a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine 《生活》雜志的員工職位 She's a staff scientist at the Research Institute. 她是研究所的研究員。 - (North American English)
He's a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission. 他是聯邦貿易委員會的職員律師。 I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment. 我聽說他們目前正在招聘員工。 She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life. 她已在這家醫院工作了大半輩子。 Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff. 一些公司正千方百計地留住技術娴熟的員工。 Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work. 專業培訓對於做這項工作的員工很有必要。 The company has a staff of fifty. 這家公司有 50 名員工。 The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks. 這家醫院凍結員工職位作爲削減開支的一部份。 The staff are working under pressure. 員工們工作有壓力。 - (British English)
There are only four full-time members of staff in the company. 這家公司只有 4 名全職員工。 There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper. 勤雜工人有單獨的員工宿舍。 They pay their staff by cheque. 他們用支票支付員工工資。 a staff person for a government agency 一位政府機構的工作人員 a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee 衆議院外交事務委員會的員工考核報告 staff appointed to the project 分配到該項目的員工 the campaign staff of President Bush 布什總統的競選工作人員 the medical staff who treated him during his confinement 在他囚禁期間給予他治療的醫務人員 I have ten staff working for me. 我手下有十名職員。 I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant. 我傾向於不在員工餐廳吃飯。 The store is closed for staff development. 商店因員工發展而關閉。 Three staff members were suspended after the incident. 那次事件後有三名職工被暫時停職。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
- member
- person
- position
- …
- on the staff (of)
- 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、小學的）管理人員，行政人員 Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days. 那時候，學生和教職員都是男性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
- member
- person
- position
- …
- on the staff (of)
- chief of staff
- member of staff
- [countable + singular or plural verb]
a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer （軍隊的）全體參謀人員 a staff officer 參謀
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full-time
- part-time
- permanent
- …
- employ
- have
- appoint
- …
- work
- deal with somebody/something
- serve somebody/something
- …
- member
- person
- position
- …
- on the staff (of)
- 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；權杖 - [countable] (especially North American English) (plural staves)(also stave)(
music 音樂 a set of five lines on which music is written 五線譜
Word OriginOld 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