缺少人手 meaning in English
short of hands
Examples
- The road construction has to be delayed for shortage of man power
由于缺少人手,公路的修建只得延期 - I know it too , but without a crew and a permit we ' re out of business
我也知道，然而缺少人手和批准，我们也束手无策 - However , that we might be very secure , i told him he should go back again , and choose out five of them , and tell them , they might see that he did not want men , that he would take out those five to be his assistants , and that the governour would keep the other two , and the three that were sent prisoners to the castle , my cave as hostages , for the fidelity of those five ; and that if they prov d unfaithful in the execution , the five hostages should be hang d in chains alive upon the shore
话虽如此，为了保险起见，我叫船长再回去一趟，从他们七个人中挑出五个人来。我要他告诉那些人，他现在并不缺少人手，现在只要挑选五个人做他助手，总督要把其余两个人以及那三个已经押送到城堡里去的俘虏留下来作人质，以保证参加行动的那五个人的忠诚。如果他们在执行任务过程中有任何不忠诚的表现，留在岛上的五个人质就要在岸上用铁链活活吊死。 - The majority of dairymen have a cross manner at milking - time , but it happened that mr crick was glad to get a new hand - for the days were busy ones now - and he received her warmly ; inquiring for her mother and the rest of the family - though this as a matter of form merely , for in reality he had not been aware of mrs durbeyfield s existence till apprised of the fact by a brief business letter about tess
大多数男工挤奶的时候都脾气烦躁，但是碰巧克里克先生正想雇佣一个新手因为这些日子正是缺少人手的时候于是他就热情地接待了她他问候她的母亲和家中其他的人其实这不过是客套而已，因为他在接到介绍苔丝的一封短信之前，根本就不知道德北菲尔德太太的存在。 - This i not only thought possible , but easy , and pleas d my self extreamly with the thoughts of making it , and with my having much more convenience for it than any of the negroes or indians ; but not at all considering the particular inconveniences which i lay under , more than the indians did , viz . want of hands to move it , when it was made , into the water , a difficulty much harder for me to surmount , than all the consequences of want of tools could be to them ; for what was it to me , that when i had chosen a vast tree in the woods , i might with much trouble cut it down , if after i might be able with my tools to hew and dub the out - side into the proper shape of a boat , and burn or cut out the in - side to make it hollow , so to make a boat of it : if after all this , i must leave it just there where i found it , and was not able to launch it into the water
但我却完全没有想到，比起印第安人来，我还有许多特别不利的条件，那就是，独木舟一旦做成后，没有人手可以帮我让独木舟下水。是的，印第安人有印第安人的困难，他们没有工具，但是，我缺少人手的困难更难克服。如果我能在树林里找到一棵大树，费了很大的劲把树砍倒，再用我的工具把树的外部砍成小舟形状，然后把里面烧空或凿空，做成一只小船假如这些工作全部完成后，小船仍不得不留在原地而无法下水，那对我又有什么用处呢？