一、详细释义：


adj.

职员的


例句：

Please don't be late for the staff meetings.

员工会议请勿迟到。


例句：

He is a staff writer.

他是正式受雇的作家。


参谋的；行政工作的


例句：

He is a staff officer.

他是一名参谋。


例句：

Awareness and capability of administration according to law of the staff members, specially the leaders, of administrative organs has obviously increased.

行政机关工作人员特别是领导干部依法行政的意识和能力明显增强。


n.

职员


例句：

He joined the staff last year.

他去年入职。


例句：

The staff in this restaurant are nice.

这家餐馆里的店员人都很好。


管理人员 [C]


例句：

The Director worked with staff to improve their teaching and managing.

校长及学校管理人员一起，为改善教学和管理质量而工作。


例句：

You may contact some faculties, staff or students to know more about the college.

如有意加深对该校的了解，可联系教师、学生或学校管理人员。


参谋 [C]


例句：

A military staff is a group of commanders in the army.

军队中发布指令的那些人称为参谋人员。


例句：

China honored outstanding military staff last week.

上周，中国表彰了军队优秀参谋人才。


棍棒 [C]


例句：

This video shows a martial art form using a staff or stick.

这段视频展示了一种使用棍棒的武术流派。


例句：

Take a staff with you because we are going up a mountain.

我们要爬山了，带上拐杖。


权杖 [C]


例句：

Kings were known to carry a staff in the past.

过去，国王要带上权杖。


例句：

The wizard uses a magic staff to cast magic.

魔法师用魔杖来施法。


五线谱 [C]


例句：

A staff is the five horizontal lines on which we write music.

五线谱就是我们记录音乐使用的五条平行直线。


例句：

Piano music is written on two staves: one for the right hand and one for the left.

钢琴曲写在两行五线谱上：右手一行，左手一行。


支撑 [C]


例句：

How to do a staff yoga pose?

支撑式瑜伽怎么做？


例句：

Hope is our staff.

希望是我们的精神支柱。


v.

配备（供给）职员 [T]


例句：

The hospital is staffed with doctors and nurses.

医院配备了医生和护士。


例句：

The store is shortly staffed.

商店人手不足。


雇用 [I]


例句：

Next month we'll begin staffing up for the coming work.

下个月我们会开始增加雇员来处理接下来的工作。


二、词义辨析：


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。


三、相关短语：


chief of staff

n.(陆海空军的)参谋长,<美>(陆空军)司令


staff member

职员,职工


maintenance staff

维修人员


general staff

n. 总参谋部


joint chiefs of staff

n. 参谋首长联席会议


staff officer

参谋 非军事工作的军官


staff sergeant

空军参谋军士 陆军或海军陆战队上士


四、参考例句：


The staff were very good.

员工们都很棒。


All the staff are French.

所有员工都是法国人。


He is a staff officer.

他是一名参谋。


He is a staff writer.

他是正式受雇的作家。


Short-term contracts increase staff turnover.

短期合同会增加员工的流动率。


Bread is staff of life.

民以食为天。


The staff were very helpful.

这些员工很乐意帮忙。


My staff must have a can-do attitude.

我的员工须具备乐观进取的态度。


They are worried about high staff turnover.

他们很担心员工的高流动率。


Several staff members volunteered for early retirement.

几位职员自愿提前退休。