GRAMMAR POINT 语法说明staff■ In BrE staff (sense 1) can be singular 在英式英语中,staff (第 1 义)可作单数:◆ a staff of ten(= a group of ten people) 职工十人 or plural 亦可作复数:◆ I have ten staff working for me. 我手下有十名职员。If it is the subject of a verb, this verb is plural. 该词如果作动词的主语,动词用复数:◆ The staff in this shop are very helpful. 这家店的员工非常乐意帮忙。■ In NAmE staff (senses 1 and 2) can only be singular. 在美式英语中,staff (第 1 及第 2 义)只能作单数:◆ a staff of ten(but not◆ ten staff) 职工十人(但不作 ten staff)◆ The staff in this shop are very helpful. 这家店的员工非常乐意帮忙。■ The plural form staffs is less frequent but is used in bothBrE and NAmE to refer to more than one group of people.复数形式 staffs 较少用,但在英式英语和美式英语中均指两批或以上的职员:◆ the senator and his staff (singular) 参议员及他的工作人员(单数)◆ senators and their staffs (plural) 参议员及他们各自的工作人员(复数)