short-staffed

The hospital is desperately short-staffed.

这所医院人手极为短缺。

We're short-staffed and everybody is under the gun.

我们人手不够,人人都在硬着头皮干.

As birth rates remain low, many workplaces including hospitals are chronically short-staffed.

因为日本出生率一直都很低，包括医院在内的许多工作场所都是长期缺人。

The Ministry of Magic's Muggle Liaison Office was short-staffed, and no one had read the Muggle newspapers all that week.

魔法部的麻瓜联络处的人手永远短缺，因此，整整一周没人阅读那些麻瓜报纸也就不奇怪了。

A : I'm afraid we are really short staffed this week, Mr. Crandal.

A: 恐怕这星期我们的确人手不够, 克兰道先生.

Now the Department is heavily understaffed ( or short-staffed, short-handed).

目前该部门严重缺员。

We're very short-staffed in the office this week.

本星期我们办公室人手不够.

Our office is short-staffed.

我们办公室缺人.