Staff authority: authority given to individuals who support, assist, and advise others who have line authority.

参谋职权：对拥有直线职权的管理者，提供支持、协助和建议的权力。

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The National Disaster Management Authority, set up at America’s expense after 3m people were displaced by fighting in the Swat area last year, had only a dozen staff and fewer computers.

去年斯瓦特地区的三百万人民因战斗而无家可归，在美国的帮助下国家灾难管理局成立了。 但该局只有几十名人员，电脑数量更少。

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Congress could also give more cash and authority to the FDA, which now has just four staff working feverishly to ease the shortages. But Republicans would resist.

国会也可以选择给食品和药品管理局更多的资金和决定权，因为该局现在只有四名工作人员为缓解紧缺忙得团团转，但是共和党肯定会反对。

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In his 2,200-word retirement request General Sarath Fonseka says he was misled about his promotion this year to chief of defense staff, finding that he had "basically no authority."

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But front-line staff need the authority to do their job and be left alone to do their job.

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Meanwhile, staff at the authority have told the BBC that they are becoming overwhelmed by the pressure of dealing with applications.

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Former police authority staff have been transferred to the new PCC office.

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