| 词汇 | 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 act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight slave slog slouch spadework subtask sweat short-staffed | Business Englishshort-staffed adjective WORKPLACEukus not having the usual or necessary number of workers: One desperately short-staffed sector is in caring for the elderly. The work force is so short-staffed that people are working long hours and extra days, causing exhaustion. Examples of short-staffedshort-staffed At the same time, many areas are short-staffed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many hospitals are short-staffed and there are great demands upon female labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 is short-staffed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 were short-staffed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appeal to him to find a solution to enable these teachers to be brought back into a short-staffed profession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the fact remains that they are often short-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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was not because the unit had thought their case unworthy of attention, but because it was short-staffed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Almost always it is short-staffed and the nurses are hard-pressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know from my own experience in my own constituency just how short-staffed they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The doctors are so short-staffed that 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many hospitals would be short-staffed without 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people are short-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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are very short-staffed in some regions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those reading it would be misled into believing that the hospital was almost contravening health and safety regulations and was so short-staffed that it would soon be closed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 are short-staffed and over-worked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of short-staffed 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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