| 单词 | short-staffed |
| 释义 | short-staffed adjective UKuk/ˌʃɔːtˈstɑːft/us/ˌʃɔːrtˈstæft/→short-handed 人手不足的（同 short-handed）Synonyms undermanned understaffed Work, working and the workplace
short-staffed| Business Englishshort-staffed adjective WORKPLACEukusnot having theusualornecessarynumberofworkers: Onedesperatelyshort-staffedsectoris incaringfor theelderly. Theworkforceis so short-staffed thatpeopleareworkinglonghoursandextradays,causingexhaustion. Examplesofshort-staffedshort-staffed At the same time, many areas areshort-staffed. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Many hospitals areshort-staffedand there are great demands upon female labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it fair to the existing nursing staff, to the doctors, but most of all to the patients, that the hospital isshort-staffed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the sanatorium they liked him very much and were very anxious that he should go on their staff, as they wereshort-staffed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I appeal to him to find a solution to enable these teachers to be brought back into ashort-staffedprofession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But the fact remains that they are oftenshort-staffed, and it is difficult for them to deal with these individual difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This was not because the unit had thought their case unworthy of attention, but because it wasshort-staffed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Almost always it isshort-staffedand the nurses are hard-pressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know from my own experience in my own constituency just howshort-staffedthey are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The doctors are soshort-staffedthat they can hardly cope with the families and the soldiers at the moment—without casualties and without movement problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many hospitals would beshort-staffedwithout them, and by the training we provide here we increase the service we can give to the newly-developing countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These people areshort-staffed, they are absolutely played out, they do not get into bed on the day they get up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are veryshort-staffedin some regions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those reading it would be misled into believing that the hospital was almost contravening health and safety regulations and was soshort-staffedthat it would soon be closed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all concerned about the importance of the work the inspectorate is doing, and we are all a bit worried at the fact they areshort-staffedand over-worked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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