understaffed

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. having an inadequate number of workers or assistants
    — At Southall, we believe, it has been difficult to spare men from an understaffed motive power establishment to undergo non revenue-earning training on the diesel multiple-units, because crews are scarce for trip freight working.

词形变化

more understaffed comparative most understaffed superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English staffed
English understaffed
From under- + staffed.
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