short-staffed

short-staffed

美 [???rt ?stɑft] 　英 [????(r)t ?stɑ?ft]

• adj.人員配備不足；人手短缺
• 網絡人手短缺的；人手不夠的；缺人手

英漢解釋

adj.	1. without enough workers

例句

The Ministry of Magic's Muggle Liaison Office was short-staffed, and no one had read the Muggle newspapers all that week.

魔法部的麻瓜聯絡處的人手永遠短缺，因此，整整一周沒人閱讀那些麻瓜報紙也就不奇怪了。

Giving employees time for open-ended ideas can be expensive, especially with many companies short-staffed, but it may pay off.

給員工時間去進行自由創意會帶來很高成本，尤其在很多企業人手緊張的情況下，但是這種做法可以獲得豐厚的回報。

The city's trains frequently break down, the narrow roads are crowded, and the airports are often short staffed.

倫敦的地鐵經常出問題，狹窄的道路擁堵不堪，機場也常常人手不足。

After all, sacking people is costly, as is going short-staffed and re-hiring people when things pick up.

裁員畢竟成本很高，人手短缺或是在形勢好轉后重新招聘人手同樣成本高昂。

Young companies are always short-staffed, so 'you need to multi-task (and) you need to manage crisis on a daily basis, ' says Mr. Parekh.

帕瑞克說，初創不久的公司總是缺少人手，所以你需要成為一個多面手，而且能夠處理一些日常的危機。

The company is short-staffed, so they all work hard, but they are not paid overtime.

這公司人手不夠，所以大家都拼命干，而且加班也沒有加班工資。Short-staffed，缺人手，overtime加班。

The Royal College of Midwives has warned that it is dangerously short-staffed when it comes to delivering little Britons.

皇家助產士學會警告說，接生醫務者的短缺是非常危險的。

Hospitals are decades out of date, short-staffed and filthy.

醫院設備落伍了幾十年，人員短缺，環境臟亂。

Sometimes they're short-staffed and can't find anyone to wheel you back right away.

有時候醫院不夠人手就找不到人馬上推回來病房。

Do you know how short-staffed we are?

你知道我們人手多么緊俏嗎？

In the recent recession, thousands worked more hours than they wanted to, because they felt insecure or because the boss was short-staffed.

在最近的經濟衰退之中，成千上萬的工人的工作時間比他們想干的要長，這或者是因為他們感到不保險，或者是他們的老板缺人手。