staff
US: /ˈstæf/
UK: /stˈɑːf/
UK: /stˈɑːf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
staff /stɑ:f/
- danh từ, số nhiều staves, staffs
- gậy, ba toong
- gậy quyền (gậy biểu thị chức vị quyền lực)
- cán, cột
- chỗ dựa, chỗ nương tựa
- to be the staff of someone: là chỗ nương tựa của ai
- (kỹ thuật) cọc tiêu, mia thăng bằng
- (y học) dụng cụ mổ bóng đái
- hiệu lệnh đường thông (cho người lái xe lửa)
- (số nhiều staffs) (quân sự) bộ tham mưu
- regimental staff: bộ tham mưu trung đoàn
- staff officer: sĩ quan tham mưu
- (số nhiều staffs) ban, bộ
- editorial staff of a newspaper: ban biên tập một tờ báo
- (số nhiều staffs) toàn thể cán bộ nhân viên giúp việc, biên chế; bộ phận
- teaching staff: bộ phận giảng dạy
- (số nhiều staves) (âm nhạc) khuông nhạc ((cũng) stave)
- staff of life
- bánh mì (coi như thức ăn cơ bản nuôi sống con người)
- ngoại động từ
- bố trí cán bộ nhân viên cho (một cơ quan); cung cấp cán bộ nhân viên cho (một cơ quan)
- to staff an office with capable cadres: bố trí cán bộ có khả năng cho một cơ quan
- bố trí cán bộ nhân viên cho (một cơ quan); cung cấp cán bộ nhân viên cho (một cơ quan)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group: medical / library staff + (BrE) teaching staff + (BrE) We have 20 part-time members of staff. + (AmE) staff members + staff development / training + a staff restaurant / meeting + (especially BrE) a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature
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2 [sing.] (AmE) the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students: students, faculty and staff
3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer: a staff officer
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4 [C] (old-fashioned or formal) a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority
5 [C] (music) (especially AmE) = STAVE
Idioms: the staff of life (literary) a basic food, especially bread
+ verb [VN] [usually passive] to work in an institution, a company, etc.; to provide people to work there: The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers. + The charity provided money to staff and equip two hospitals. + a fully staffed department
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staffing noun [U]: staffing levels
GRAMMAR POINT
staff
In BrE staff (sense 1) can be singular: a staff of ten (= a group of ten people) or plural:
I have ten staff working for me. If it is the subject of a verb this verb is plural:
The staff in this shop are very helpful.
In AmE staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular: a staff of ten (but not
The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and AmE to refer to more than one group of people: the senator and his staff (singular) + senators and their staffs (plural).
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 stick, pole, standard, baton, rod, pikestaff, pike, stake, cane, stave, shaft, alpenstock, shillelagh, club, truncheon, mace, crook, crozier, sceptre, wand, caduceus:
Carrying the ceremonial staff and dressed in full regalia, the officer impressively opened the royal court proceedings.
2 personnel, employees, help, workforce, crew, team, organization:
Before we introduced computers, we had a staff of fifty doing nothing but filing.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
full-time, part-time | permanent, temporary | skeleton
We'll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas.
| experienced, professional, qualified, skilled, trained | unskilled | junior, senior | ancillary, support | general
(= officers assisting a military leader in administration and planning)
| academic, administrative, editorial, etc. | nursing, teaching, etc. | hospital, hotel, etc. | bar, kitchen, etc.
QUANT.
member
There are only four full-time members of staff in the company.
VERB + STAFF
employ, have
The company has a staff of fifty.
| appoint, engage, hire, recruit, take on
staff appointed to the project I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment.
| dismiss, fire, lay off, make redundant, sack
A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15,000 staff redundant over the next three years.
| train | pay
They pay their staff by cheque.
| join
He joined the editorial staff in 1999.
| leave
STAFF + NOUN
member | levels, numbers, resources | shortage | turnover | cut | appointment
The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks.
| development, training | morale | meeting | canteen, dining room, restaurant, room
PREP.
on the ~ (of)
She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life.
PHRASES
chief of staff
(= the most senior officer serving under and advising the person who commands each of the armed forces)
ADV.
well | fully, properly
The ward is now fully staffed.
| adequately | inadequately, short
I'm afraid we're desperately short staffed at the moment.
PHRASES
be staffed (entirely/largely/mainly) by/with sb
The office will bestaffed entirely with volunteers.
Concise English dictionary
staves|staffs|staffed|staffingstæf /stɑːf
noun
+personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
+the body of teachers and administrators at a school
+a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
+building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
+a rod carried as a symbol
+(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
verb
+provide with staff
+serve on the staff of
