你是想说staff还是stuff呢?应该两者都是不可数名词吧。
ppr350 发表于 24-6-2010 09:14 AM
stuff 是;staff 不是。
另外,stuff 和 staff 两者的发音不一样。
回复 kevin-efms
哦,中了?!哈哈,福气啦!
请问KEVIN老师: staff 有plural form 吗?
horus408 发表于 24-6-2010 02:39 AM
‘Staff’ (职员)是一个[集合名词/Collective Noun/Group Noun]
Staff 是指公司里的全体职员。
有英式及美式英语的分别
Staff 在美式英语是当做单数名词使用,如 The staff is...; The staff has...
美式英语里比较少用到这个词。
Staff 在英式英语可以是单数(考虑的是包括全体职员的一个整体/单位),也可以是复数(考虑的是公司的那些职员)
例句:
The staff are not very happy about the latest pay increase. (Cambridge)
There are over a hundred staff in the company. (Cambridge)
The entire staff has done an outstanding job this year. (Longman)
Our department has a staff of seven. (Longman)
The staff were very helpful. (Longman)
They employ a total of 150 staff. (Longman)
如果要说一个职员,不可以说 a staff,
可以说 a member of staff,或者 an employee