overmanned
adj. (指工厂等)人手过多的,人浮于事的
v. 使人员配置过多( overman的过去式和过去分词 )
If you say that a place or an industry is overmanned, you mean that you think there are more people working there or doing the work than is necessary.
Many factories were chronically overmanned.
很多工厂长期人浮于事。
As a result, industry was overmanned and pen-pushers were everywhere.
结果是,企业人浮于事,到处都是耍笔杆子的人。
Many factories were chronically overmanned.
很多工厂长期人浮于事。