staffed
スタッフがいる
解説 Definition
staffed は staff（人員を配置する）の過去形・過去分詞です。形容詞としては、店や施設などに必要なスタッフが配置されている状態を表します。
Staffed describes a place, service, or operation that has workers assigned to it. It often appears with by to identify those workers, or with an adverb such as fully or well to indicate the level of staffing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 staff「人員を配置する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞では「スタッフが配置された」。staff は短母音 /æ/ で、staffed の -ed は /t/ と発音する。a staffed desk、staffed by two nurses、well-staffed の型で、場所・担当者・充足度を覚える。
Start with the verb staff, meaning “to provide workers for a place or operation.” Adding -ed produces staffed, its past and past-participle form; as an adjective, it means that workers are present and assigned. Because staff ends in the voiceless sound /f/, the -ed ending is pronounced /t/, not as an extra syllable. Fix the word in memory through common patterns: a staffed reception desk, staffed by two nurses, fully staffed, and well-staffed. These patterns help distinguish staffed, describing the presence of personnel, from busy, which describes the amount of activity.
例文
The desk is staffed all day.
その受付には一日中スタッフがいます。
The clinic is staffed by two nurses at night.
その診療所には夜間、2人の看護師が配置されています。
A well staffed station can help travelers quickly.
十分にスタッフがいる駅では、旅行者をすばやく手助けできます。
staffed の類義語・関連語
staffed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 stæf（杖・棒）に由来し、杖を持つ者→職務を支える人員という意味に発展。staff（職員）の過去分詞形で「人員が配置された」の意。同根語に staff（参謀）、stave（樽板・杖）がある。元は権威の象徴である杖を持つ者が組織を支えるイメージから来ている。
Staffed is the regular past and past-participle form of the verb staff. Staff comes from Old English stæf, originally referring to a stick or supporting rod. The noun later developed institutional senses involving a body of assistants or employees, and the corresponding verb came to mean supplying an organization or place with workers. The ending -ed marks the completed or resulting state.
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