| 释义 |
short-staffedˌshort-ˈstaffed adjective   - The nursing home is so short-staffed that most nurses are working 12 hours a day.
- Similarly, branches may be short-staffed thereby increasing loading and unloading times.
- We're short-staffed here - the summer holiday period's started and everyone's stretched.
when there are not enough people working in a company etc► be understaffed a company or organization that is understaffed does not have enough people working in it because it cannot or will not employ more people: · It's crazy that unemployment is sky-high while so many companies are still understaffed.· The few public health clinics that existed were filthy and understaffed. ► be short-staffed especially British also be short-handed especially American to not have the number of people you need to do a job properly or on time, especially because some of the people who usually work are ill, on holiday etc: · Schools in inner city areas are often short-staffed because the work is particularly stressful.· After three hours, Mrs Morrison was told that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was short-staffed.· Let me know if you're short-handed -- I'll get a couple of the boys to help out. having fewer than the usual or necessary number of workers SYN short-handed |