[countable + singular or plural verb, usually singular] all the people who work for a company or an organization全体职员；工作人员◆We have a staff of 25.我们有 25 名员工。◆We have 25 people on the staff.我们有 25 名员工。◆She joined the staff in 2003.她于 2003 年入职。◆Five staff members were sent to London to set up the office.五位员工被派去伦敦设立办事处。◆Our development staff are working on a new project.我们的开发人员正忙于新项目。◆We want better communication between managers and staff.我们希望经理和员工之间可以更好地沟通。◆companies with small technical staffs技术人员很少的公司◆They raised salaries in an effort to reduce staff turnover.他们提高了薪水以减少员工流动。  ➡  workforce ⨁full-time / part-time / permanent / temporary staff全职／兼职／正式／临时员工 ⨁ administrative / office / sales / technical staff行政／办公室／销售／技术人员 ⨁ to appoint / employ / hire / recruit / take on staff指定／雇用／聘用／招聘／雇用员工 ⨁ to cut / dismiss / fire / lay off staff 裁减／解雇／开除／解雇员工 ⨁ staff development / meetings / training员工发展／会议／培训 ⨁ staff cuts / shortages / turnover员工裁减／短缺／流动 ⨁ the staff canteen / dining room / restaurant员工食堂／餐厅／餐馆 support staff In BrE staff can be singular or plural. 在英式英语中，staff 可以是单数也可以是复数：(singular) （单数）：a staff of ten (= a group of ten people) 十名员工(plural) （复数）：I have ten staff working for me. 有十名员工为我工作。If it is the subject of a verb, this verb is plural. * staff 作动词的主语时，动词用复数：The staff in this shop are very helpful. 这家商店的员工乐于助人。In NAmE staff can only be singular. 在美式英语中，staff 只能是单数：a staff of ten (but not ten staff ) 十名员工（不能说 ten staff）The staff in this store is very helpful. 这家商店的员工乐于助人。The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and NAmE to refer to more than one group of people. 复数形式 staffs 较少使用，在英式英语和美式英语中用来指多组人员：Companies have increased their sales staffs. 一些公司增加了销售人员。