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short-staffed [-'stɑ:ft]à court de personnel;∎ we're a bit short-staffed nous sommes un peu à court de ou nous manquons un peu de personnelUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > short-staffed
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à court de personnel;∎ we're very short-staffed at the moment nous sommes vraiment à court de personnel en ce moment -
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short [∫ɔ:t]1. adjectivea. court ; ( = not tall) petit• I know it's short notice, but... je sais que le délai est assez court mais...b. ( = abbreviated) "PO" is short for "post office" « PO » est l'abréviation de »post office »c. ( = lacking) to be short of sth manquer de qchd. ( = curt) brusque2. adverb• to cut short [+ speech, TV programme, class, visit, holiday] écourter• I'm £2 short il me manque 2 livres• not far short of £100 pas loin de 100 livres• we are £2,000 short of our target il nous manque encore 2 000 livres pour atteindre notre objectif• it's nothing short of robbery c'est du vol, ni plus ni moins• nothing short of a revolution will satisfy them ils veulent une révolution, rien de moins• I don't see what you can do short of asking him yourself je ne vois pas ce que vous pouvez faire si ce n'est lui demander vous-même3. noun4. plural noun7. compounds• to short-change sb (in shop) ne pas rendre assez à qn ► short-circuit noun court-circuit m transitive verb court-circuiter intransitive verb faire court-circuit• I took a short cut through the fields j'ai pris un raccourci à travers champs ► short-haired adjective [person] aux cheveux courts ; [animal] à poil ras► short-range adjective [missile] à courte portée ; [aircraft] à court rayon d'action ; [plan, weather forecast] à court terme• to be short-staffed manquer de personnel ► short-stay car park noun parc m de stationnement de courte durée* * *[ʃɔːt] 1.1) ( drink) alcool m fort2) Electricity = short circuit3) Cinema court métrage m2. 3.1) ( not long-lasting) [stay, memory, period] court (before n); [course] de courte durée; [conversation, speech, chapter] bref/brève; [walk] petit (before n)the days are getting shorter — les jours diminuent or raccourcissent
2) ( not of great length) court (before n)3) ( not tall) [person] petit4) ( scarce)5) ( inadequate) [rations] insuffisanthe gave me a short measure — ( in shop) il a triché sur le poids
6) ( lacking)to be short on — [person] manquer de [talent, tact]
to go short of —
to run short of — manquer de [clothes, money, food]
my wages are £30 short — il me manque 30 livres sterling sur mon salaire
7) ( in abbreviation)this is Nicholas, Nick for short! — je te présente Nicholas, mais on l'appelle Nick
8) ( abrupt)9) Linguistics [vowel] bref/brève10) Finance [loan, credit] à court terme11) Culinary [pastry] brisé4. 5.in short adverbial phrase bref6.short of prepositional phrase1) ( just before) un peu avant2) ( just less than) pas loin dethat's nothing short of blackmail! — c'est du chantage, ni plus ni moins!
3) ( except)7.transitive verb, intransitive verb Electricity = short-circuit••short and sweet — bref/brève
to bring ou pull somebody up short — couper quelqu'un dans son élan
to make short work of something/somebody — expédier quelque chose/quelqu'un
the long and short of it is that they... — en un mot (comme en cent), ils...
См. также в других словарях:
short-staffed — UK US adjective WORKPLACE ► not having the usual or necessary number of workers: »One desperately short staffed sector is in caring for the elderly. »The work force is so short staffed that people are working long hours and extra days, causing… … Financial and business terms
short-staffed — adj having fewer than the usual or necessary number of workers = ↑short handed ▪ We re very short staffed at the moment … Dictionary of contemporary English
short-staffed — [ ,ʃɔrt staft ] adjective without enough workers: We re fairly short staffed at the moment … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
short-staffed — (shôrtʹstăftʹ) adj. Having fewer staff members than is usual or desirable. * * * … Universalium
short-staffed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not having enough or the usual number of staff … English terms dictionary
short-staffed — adjective inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. they re rather short handed at the moment overcrowded and understaffed hospitals • Syn: ↑short handed, ↑undermanned, ↑understaffed • Similar to: ↑inadequate, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
short-staffed — ADJ GRADED A company or place that is short staffed does not have enough people working there. [mainly BRIT] The hospital is desperately short staffed. Syn: short handed (in AM, use short handed) … English dictionary
short-staffed — adjective we re always short staffed around the holidays Syn: understaffed, short handed, undermanned, below strength … Thesaurus of popular words
short-staffed — adjective having fewer than the usual or necessary number of workers: We ll try to get the order through by Monday, but we re very short staffed at the moment … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
short-staffed — UK [ˌʃɔː(r)t ˈstɑːft] / US [ˌʃɔrt ˈstɑft] adjective without enough workers We re quite short staffed at the moment … English dictionary
short-staffed — /ˌʃɔ:t stɑ:ft/ adjective with not enough staff ● We’re rather short staffed at the moment … Marketing dictionary in english