run short of ... “短缺”。staff “员工”、 “职员”。

We are usually understaffed in the summer.

understaffed “人手不够的”。

We hardly ever have enough staff in the summer.
多多益善。

Should we hire more employees?
（我们还要雇人吗？）

We need all the help we can get.
（多多益善。）

hire “雇用”。

直译是“我们需要我们能得到的所有帮助”。get “得到”。

We can always use more help.

always “总是”、 “随时”。

Extra help is always welcome.

extra “额外的”。welcome “受欢迎的”。

我们得借助外力。

We need to get outside help.
（我们得借助外力。）

Who shall we recruit?
（我们可以招谁呢？）

recruit “吸收（新员工）”、 “招聘”。

We need someone from the outside to help us.

Let’s get outside help.
我们能得到额外帮手吗？

Can we get some extra help?
（我们能得到额外帮手吗？）

I’ll send someone as soon as possible.
（我会尽快派个人来。）

extra “额外的”、 “外加的”、 “特别的”。

as soon as possible “尽快地”。

Can you arrange some extra help for us?
（你能给我们再安排些人吗？）

arrange “安排”。

Can you hire some extra help?

hire “雇用”。

Could you get some extra help?
我们需要些临时雇员。

We are getting really busy.
（我们真是越来越忙了。）

We need some temps.
（我们需要些临时雇员。）

temp “临时雇员”。

We need to hire some temps.
We need to get extra help.
（我们该临时雇些人。）

We should hire some temporary workers.
（我们该雇些临时工。）

temporary “临时的”。

早上是我们店最忙的时候。

Our store is the busiest in the morning.
（早上是我们店最忙的时候。）

Okay. I’ll work mornings to help out.
（是吗？那我就早上过来帮忙吧。）

the busiest “最忙”。

Morning is the busy time for our store.
We are busiest in the mornings.
人手不够要比人手过剩好。

It’s better being understaffed than overstaffed.
（人手不够要比人手过剩好。）

I disagree, because you can always use the extra help.
（我不同意， 因为你总是能得到额外的帮手。）

It’s better having too few workers than too many workers.
It’s better having not enough workers than to have too many.

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