英汉词典

staff 基本解释

• n. 职员；参谋；棒；支撑
• adj. 职员的；行政工作的
• vt. 供给人员；给…配备职员
• vi. 雇用工作人员
• n. (Staff)人名；(德、匈)施塔夫；(瑞典、英)斯塔夫

staff 词态变化

staff 中文词源

来自古英语 staef,棍棒，木柱，拐杖，来自 Proto-Germanic*stabaz,棍棒，柱子，来自 PIE*stebh, 棍子，柱子，支撑，来自 PIE*sta,站，站立，词源同 stand,staple.引申词义旗杆，并引申比喻 义军事参谋，即司令官的助手，后词义通用化为工作人员，全体职员等。

staff 英文词源

staff

staff: [OE] Staff is a widespread Germanic word, with relatives in German stab, Dutch and Swedish staf, and Danish stav. These point back to a common Germanic ancestor *stabaz. Its ancestral meaning is ‘stick’, and its use as a collective term for ‘employees’, which dates in English from the 18th century, probably originated as an allusion to the carrying of a staff or ‘stick’ of office by a person in charge of subordinates – who thus became subsumed metaphorically under the notion of his ‘staff’.

staff (n.)

Old English stæf (plural stafas), "walking stick, strong pole used for carrying, rod used as a weapon, pastoral staff," probably originally *stæb, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (cognates: Old Saxon staf, Old Norse stafr, Danish stav, Old Frisian stef, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch staf, Old High German stab, German Stab, Gothic *stafs "element;" Middle Dutch stapel "pillar, foundation"), from PIE root *stebh- "post, stem, to support, place firmly on, fasten" (cognates: Old Lithuanian stabas "idol," Lithuanian stebas "staff, pillar;" Old Church Slavonic stoboru "pillar;" Sanskrit stabhnati "supports;" Greek stephein "to tie around, encircle, wreathe," staphyle "grapevine, bunch of grapes;" Old English stapol "post, pillar").

As "pole from which a flag is flown," 1610s. In musical notation from 1660s. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" is attested from 1702, apparently from German, from the notion of the "baton" that is a badge of office or authority (a sense attested in English from 1530s); hence staff officer (1702), staff-sergeant (1811). Meaning "group of employees (as at an office or hospital)" is first found 1837. Staff of life "bread" is from the Biblical phrase break the staff of bread meaning "cut off the supply of food" (Lev. xxvi:26), translating Hebrew matteh lekhem.

The Old English word, in plural, was the common one used for "letter of the alphabet, character," hence "writing, literature," and many compounds having to do with writing, such as stæfcræft "grammar," stæfcræftig "lettered," stæflic "literary," stæfleahtor "grammatical error," with leahtor "vice, sin, offense."

staff (v.)

"to provide with a staff of assistants," 1859, from staff (n.). Related: Staffed; staffing.

staff 词组搭配

staff 英文释义

1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task;

"the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"

"the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school;

"the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;

"he walked with the help of a wooden staff"

4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

5. a rod carried as a symbol

6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

staff 同义词解析

cane, stick, staff

这些名词均有"手杖"之意。

cane： 多指用藤或竹制成的细长的手杖。

stick： 普通用词，指木制的细长手杖。

staff： 多指走路爬山时用作支持或防卫使用的长木棒。

staff 双语例句

1. "One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff."—"Agreed."

“永远也防不胜防的就是员工内部的贪污腐败。”——“同意。”

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2. A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.

留下了20名骨干人员。

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3. The party has been taking on staff, including temporary organisers.

这个政党一直在招募工作人员，包括临时的组织人员。

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4. Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff.

宾馆的所有员工都可享受免费膳宿。

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5. You will be remunerated and so will your staff.

你将得到酬劳，你的职员也如此。

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staff 实用场景例句

medical staff

全体医务人员

牛津词典

(British English)teaching staff

全体教师

牛津词典

(British English)We have 20 part-time members of staff .

我们有20名兼职员工。

牛津词典

(North Amercian English) staff members

职工

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staff development/training

员工培养 / 培训

牛津词典

a staff restaurant/meeting

职工食堂 / 大会

牛津词典

(especially British English)a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature

供职于世界自然基金会的律师

牛津词典

students, faculty and staff

学生和教职员工

牛津词典

a staff officer

参谋

牛津词典

The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers.

在咨询中心工作的全部是志愿者。

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The charity provided money to staff and equip two hospitals.

这个慈善机构提供资金装备了两家医院并配备了人员。

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a fully staffed department

人员配备齐全的部门

牛津词典

[不可数名词]staffing levels

人员配备情况

牛津词典

The staff were very good...

职员都很出色。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The outpatient program has a staff of six people...

门诊部有 6 名工作人员。

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10 staff were allocated to the task...

10名员工被分配来完成这项任务。

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He had the complete support of hospital staff.

他得到了医院职工的全力支持。

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They are staffed by volunteers...

它们的工作人员都是志愿者。

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The center is staffed with highly trained physicians...

该中心配备了训练有素的医生。

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The new employees were presented to the rest of the staff.

新雇员被介绍给其余职员.

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During that time, she so gained my aunt's confidence that she was put in charge of the domestic staff.

在这期间, 她得到了我姑姑如此的信任,结果被委任为家仆的负责人.

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She has an excellent rapport with her staff.

她跟她职员的关系非常融洽.

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The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.

新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇.

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His remarks led to the breakdown of talks between the staff and the management.

他的话导致了劳资谈判的破裂.

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The company seems to be incapable of hanging on to its staff.

公司似乎无力留住职员.

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Members of the service staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they receive for their services.

服务人员就其服务所得之工资免纳捐税.

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