| 单词 | undermanned |
| 释义 | undermanned adjective uk/ˌʌn.dəˈmænd/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈmænd/→understaffed （商店、企业或机构）人手不够的，人员配备不足的Synonyms short-handed short-staffedUK Opposite overstaffed Applying for a job
undermanned| Business Englishundermanned adjective HRuk/ˌʌndəˈmænd/us→understaffed Examplesofundermannedundermanned As stated in paragraph 131, theundermannedindustries, the less pleasant and heavier industries, must have their conditions improved, so that they become less unattractive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They all agree that the detectives are overworked and that the criminal investigation departments areundermanned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To face this aggregate of very difficult tasks, the police, alas, are still heavilyundermanned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Individuals withundermannedunits have to do more and, particularly for operations, individual reinforcements have to be brought in from other units. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware of the trouble being caused to the police—already overtaxed and possiblyundermanned—by these escapes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will it be the alreadyundermanned, overstretched police force, which cannot do the work that is put upon it now? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That problem is part and parcel of the problem of the procurator fiscal service being overloaded andundermanned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Posters will shortly be exhibited in displaced persons camps giving details of our variousundermannedindustries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Discussions with other essentialundermannedindustries are proceeding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they were to retire rapidly after the initial day, that would seriously embarrass an alreadyundermannedservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The political debate is reduced to nonsense about howundermannedthe police force is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our accusation is that in some areas of the country, particularly in the metropolis, police forces have been allowed to becomeundermanned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have had great difficulties of display and have beenundermannedand overcrowded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The police are overstretched andundermanned, certainly in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an extra burden being placed on an already overstretched andundermannedforce. 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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