【staff音标】 英[stɑ:f] 美[stæf]
【单词释义】 staff是什么意思：
n.参谋；全体职员；（大、中、小学的）管理人员；权杖
adj.行政工作的；参谋的；职员的；作为正式工作人员的
vt.雇用；任职于,担任…的职员（或雇员）；为…配备工作人员；给（职员）下发学习（或工作）指令（通常与out连用）
vi.雇用工作人员
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] staff [第三人称单数] staffs
[单词现在分词] staffing
[单词过去式] staffed
[单词过去分词] staffed
【staff形近词/近似词】
chaff n.谷壳；糠；碎的干草或稻草；无价值的东西 vt.打趣，开玩笑
【单词例句】
◇ 1. "I have heard the work is challenging and that your company truly invests in providing training and development of its staff."
第一种回答：“我听说这份工作很有挑战性，贵公司也为员工培训和个人发展投入了很多。”
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ When his wife rang him up to declare her divorce alarm, he was still scanning a digital counter to check the data so as to give an assessment of the theoretical framework for a biochemical weapon. His junior staff's sympathy made him feel embarrassed.
当他的妻子打来电话宣布和他离婚的警告时，他还在查看一台数码计数器核对数据，以对一种生物化学武器的理论框架做出评估。他的下级职员表现出的同情使他很尴尬。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope. So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help though he bowed to him.
1956年，他回到他的出生地非洲。有一天，当他在海湾边的人行道上漫步欣赏海景时，他丢失了一个装着钱和护照的信封，于是向当地的大使馆寻求帮助。但是大使态度非常粗鲁，即使向他鞠躬，也不允许他的职员帮忙。
---- Sailing Home
◇ The supermarket staff place the items in the robot, and the robot bustles off.
超市工作人员将商品放在机器人里，机器人旋即离开。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Taylor is one of 200 employees at New Zealand trustee company Perpetual Guardian, which is halfway through a six-week long trial which could have profound implications for the future of labour. Staff are working four days a week but getting paid for five.
泰勒是新西兰信托公司Perpetual Guardian 200名员工中的一位。该公司正在试行为期六周的每周四天工作制，目前正进行到一半。员工每周工作四天，但却能得到五天的薪水。这次试验可能会对劳动力的未来产生深远影响。