Tra từ staff - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

staff [staff staffs staves] noun, verb BrE [stɑːf] NAmE [stæf]
noun
1. countable, usually singular, uncountable all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group
•medical staff
• (BrE)teaching staff
• (BrE) We have 20 part-time members of staff.
• (NAmE)staff members
•staff development/training
•a staff restaurant/meeting
• (especially BrE)a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature
see also ↑ground staff
2. singular (NAmE)the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students
•students, faculty and staff
3. countable + singular or plural verb a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer
•a staff officer
see also ↑chief of staff, ↑general staff
4. countable (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. (especially NAmE) (BrE also stave)countable (music)a set of five lines on which music is written

Word Origin:
Old English stæf (in sense 4), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.

Thesaurus:
staff noun C, pl.
•All medical staff are tested for the virus.
workforce • • workers • • employees • • manpower • • sales force • |BrE members of staff • |especially AmE staff members • |business personnel • • human resources •
(a/an) skilled/unskilled/qualified/trained staff/workforce/workers/employees/personnel
(a/an) female/male/experienced staff/workforce/workers/employees/members of staff/staff members/personnel
a 10–strong, 2–000 strong, etc. staff/workforce/sales force
train staff/the workforce/workers/employees/members of staff/staff members
reduce/increase staff/the workforce/personnel

Collocations:
Jobs
Getting a job
look for work
look for/apply for/go for a job
get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (BrE) fill in an application (form)
send/email your (BrE) CV/(NAmE) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
be called for/have/attend an interview
offer sb a job/work/employment/promotion
find/get/land a job
employ/ (especially NAmE) hire/recruit/ (especially BrE) take on staff/workers/trainees
recruit/appoint a manager
Doing a job
arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
start/finish work/your shift
do/put in/work overtime
have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
do/get/have/receive training
learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
have (no) job satisfaction/job security
Building a career
have a job/work/a career/a vocation
find/follow/pursue/ (especially NAmE) live (out) your vocation
enter/go into/join a profession
choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
change jobs/profession/career
be/ (both especially BrE) work/go freelance
do/take on temp work/freelance work
do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
Leaving your job
leave/ (especially NAmE) quit/resign from your job
give up work/your job/your career
hand in your notice/resignation
plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
take early retirement

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 NAmE staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular: ▪ a staff of ten (but not ten staff). ◇ ▪ The staff in this store is very helpful.
The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in both BrE and NAmE to refer to more than one group of people: ▪ the senator and his staff (singular) ◇ ▪ senators and their staffs (plural).

Example Bank:
•A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15 000 staff redundant over the next three years.
•He joined the editorial staff in 1999.
•He's a staff writer for The New Yorker.
•I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment.
•She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life.
•She's a staff scientist at the Research Institute.
•Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff.
•Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work.
•The Wimbledon ground staff pulled the covers over the courts.
•The bar staff can serve around a hundred drinks an hour.
•The company has a staff of fifty.
•The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks.
•The staff are working under pressure.
•There are four full-time members of staff.
•There are only four full-time members of staff in the company.
•There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper.
•They pay their staff by cheque.
•We'll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas.
•a staff person for a government agency
•a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine
•a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee
•staff appointed to the project
•the campaign staff of President Bush
•the ground staff at the airport
•the medical staff who treated him during his confinement
•All medical staff are tested for the virus.
•He's a lawyer on the staff of the Wordwide Fund for Nature.
•I have ten staff working for me.
•I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant.
•Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days.
•The school is closed for staff development.
•The staff in this shop are very helpful.
•Three staff members were suspended after the incident.
•We have 20 part-time members of staff.
•a staff of ten
•senators and their staffs
•the senator and his staff
Idiom: ↑staff of life
Derived Word: ↑staffing

verb transitive, usually passive ~ sth
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
see also ↑overstaffed, ↑short-staffed, ↑understaffed
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English stæf (in sense 4), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.

See also: ↑stave