Word · Frequency #28706
staffer
职员；员工
核心释义
在美式英语中常指为总统或政府工作的职员。
staffer
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职员；员工
A member of a staff; an employee.
(一名)职员(尤指编辑或记者)
用法In use
The new staffer in our department is very helpful.
用法提示：staffer 是名词，指职员或员工。
Each staffer received a badge for the conference.
用法提示：staffer 作主语，表示一名员工。
The editor asked a staffer to check the facts.
用法提示：staffer 作宾语，指一名工作人员。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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。
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