单词 | to staff up |
释义 | > as lemmasto staff up 2. transitive. to staff up: to hire additional members of staff for (a company, organization, etc.), esp. to deal with a new project, campaign, or the like. Also intransitive: to increase the number of staff in this way. Π 1935 Washington Post 21 Feb. 2/3 In addition to staffing up the Senate so notably, it [sc. Texas] has done fairly well in taking command of House committees. 1951 Newsweek 1 Jan. 41/1 Wilson staffs up for big push. 1971 Times 11 June 21/1 Consulting firms..staffed up in the first half of 1970 to meet a demand which has so far never materialized. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking i. 22 We were motivated to sign a lease for..office space on 57th and Madison and staffed up with qualified people. 2022 Scunthorpe Tel. (Nexis) 6 Jan. 4 It was creating 70 new roles to staff up the Leads Road plant that has helped it triple manufacturing capacity. < as lemmas |
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