Word · Frequency #28706
staffer
职员；员工
staffer
在美式英语中常指为总统或政府工作的职员。
- 1.
A member of a staff; an employee.
职员；员工
(一名)职员(尤指编辑或记者)
In use
The new staffer in our department is very helpful.
Each staffer received a badge for the conference.
The editor asked a staffer to check the facts.
a staffer at [organization]
staffer 是可数名词，常用 at 后接机构或部门，多用于新闻或政治语境。
He is a staffer at the White House.
他是白宫的一名职员。
a [adjective] staffer
可用 senior、junior、experienced 等形容词修饰 staffer，表示级别或资历。
A senior staffer handled the inquiry.
一名高级职员处理了这次问询。
staffers
staffers 是 staffer 的复数形式，表示多名职员，常见于新闻报道中。
Several staffers were praised for their work.
几名职员因工作出色受到表扬。
Common mistakes
She is a staff in the company.She is a staffer in the company.
staff 是集体名词，指全体职员，不指单个职员；要指一名职员，应使用 staffer 或 staff member。
Two staffs came to the meeting.Two staffers came to the meeting.
staff 的复数 staffs 意为主管团队或各异的工作组，不表示多个职员；表示多个职员应使用 staffers。
I staffer at the local newspaper.I am a staffer at the local newspaper.
staffer 是名词，不能作动词使用；表达“在……任职”时需要用 be a staffer 或 work as a staffer。
Connections
Collocations
- campaign staffer
- 竞选工作人员
- A campaign staffer set up the candidate's schedule.一名竞选工作人员安排了候选人的日程。
- senior staffer
- 高级职员
- The senator asked a senior staffer to draft the bill.这位参议员请一名高级职员起草法案。
- former staffer
- 前职员
- A former staffer revealed the details to reporters.一名前职员向记者透露了细节。
- White House staffer
- 白宫工作人员
- A White House staffer briefed the press.一名白宫工作人员向新闻界作了简报。
- congressional staffer
- 国会工作人员
- The congressional staffer worked late during the debate.辩论期间，这位国会工作人员工作到很晚。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
staffer 由 staff（全体职员）加上 -er 构成，-er 常表“某人/某物”，所以指一名职员，可想象一张工作证对应一名员工。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：newsroom、political campaign、government office staffer 通常指机构或团队中的一名员工，比较常见于新闻报道、政界或职场正式场合。语气中性，不算特别正式，日常口语中更常说 employee 或 team member；复数形式是 staffers。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word has exactly the same ending /ˈstɑːfə/. Staff (/stɑːf/) shares the stressed vowel /ɑː/ and spelling 'staff'. Laugh (/lɑːf/), half (/hɑːf/) and giraffe (/dʒɪˈrɑːf/) share the same /ɑːf/ sound but not the final /ə/. Be careful with lookalikes that end in -ffer: gaffer (/ˈɡæfə/) and coffer (/ˈkɒfə/) have the same /fə/ ending as staffer, but a different vowel (/æ/ and /ɒ/), so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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