- [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 staffstaff- In British English staff (sense 1) can be singular:
a staff of ten 员工十人
亦可作复数： I have ten staff working for me 我手下有十名职员。
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
- 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）
Collocationssee also ground staffJobs 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1Robbie 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。
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。
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 （军队的）全体参谋人员 a staff officer 参谋
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；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
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