1.人员减少的;人手不足的
1.not having enough workers to do a job quickly or effectively
1.Understaffed, they decided to call for backup and book them all anyway.
由于人手不足，他们决定要求后援，并把他们所有人都登记在册。
2.This unscientific and tacit justification arises from the fact that forecast offices are usually understaffed.
这个不科学和含糊的理由产生于预报部门普遍人手不足。
3.Animal health services are understaffed and underbudgeted, he said.
他说，在动物卫生服务方面人员不足，资金缺乏。
4.Now , his group's focus has shifted to training young men to help understaffed local police patrol their communities .
现在，他的团体已经把注意力转移到训练年轻人，以帮助人手不足的当地警察进行社区巡逻。
5.Some might say it's incompetent, but you could say it's that you're understaffed .
某些人说你们是吃闲饭的，但是你可以说你们人员不足啊。
6.The associations are understaffed , so every year they need volunteers to help pull the floats .
每年的「祗园祭」节庆，常常因拉花车的人手不够，而需要一些志愿者的协助。
7.But we're way understaffed tonight. I even have to man the bar. So that's why I scheduled you to work.
但今晚我们人手不够，我甚至要亲自掌管吧台，所以我才安排你值班，来工作。
8.The boards that review proposed studies are overburdened, understaffed and shot through with conflicts of interest.
负责审阅那些建议性研究的委员会负荷过重，人手不足，充满利益冲突。
9.This idea comes at a time when the local police force is seriously understaffed.
之所以产生这个主意，是因为现在当地警力人手严重不足。
10.Most insurance commissioners' offices are chronically understaffed, however, and simply can't cope with the wash of appeals.
然而，大部分保险局局长办公室长期缺编，简直无法应付大量的上诉。