personnel

/ˌpɜːsəˈnel/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌpɜːrsəˈnel/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌpər-sə-ˈnel/ (ame, mw)

personnel — noun

1. all the workers in a business, organization, or military unit, seen as one group

1.名詞C1
釋義

all the workers in a business, organization, or military unit, seen as one group.

例句

Hospital personnel worked through the night after the bridge collapse.

personnel meaning staff as one group

Airport security personnel checked every bag before the first flight.

collocation: security personnel

同義詞
  • staff

    more common in everyday speech and less formal writing

  • workforce

    often used for the total number of workers in a company or area

  • employees

    stresses the people who have jobs with that employer

  • crew

    narrower; usually a team working on one vehicle, flight, or job

文法句型

security personnel

military personnel

用法筆記

Common in official or workplace language, often after a word naming the field, such as security, medical, or military. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names the workers themselves, not the office that manages them.

常見錯誤

❌The factory personnels need safety shoes.
✅The factory personnel need safety shoes.
💡personnel already refers to the group and does not normally take a plural -s.

2. the office or team in a workplace that hires staff, arranges training, and deals

2.名詞C1
釋義

the office or team in a workplace that hires staff, arranges training, and deals with employee problems.

例句

Jenna asked personnel about the health form on her first day.

personnel meaning the HR department

Please send your new address to personnel before next month's pay run.

pattern: send something to personnel

同義詞

文法句型

ask personnel

send something to personnel

用法筆記

Often appears without the before it because speakers treat it as the name of a department. Distinguish from sense 1: here it means the office that supports and manages employees, not the employees as a group.

常見錯誤

❌I asked the personnels about my contract.
✅I asked personnel about my contract.
💡when it means the HR department, personnel is not normally pluralized.