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A skeleton is the frame of bones inside an animal or human.

骨架是指动物或人体内的骨骼框架

And a crew is a group of people who work closely together.

队是指在一起工作的一群人

Skeleton Crew

最低工作人数

This expression sounds creepy.

这个表达听起来很诡异

Hey, are you going to the Sevendust concert tomorrow night?

嘿 你去明晚的Sevendust音乐会吗

I wish! I'm working at the animal shelter tomorrow.

我倒想去 但我明天得在动物收容所工作

You can't leave a little early?

你不能早点走嘛？

No, the shelter is running a skeleton crew.

不行 收容所里只有最低的工作人数

Only two of us will be there all day.

一整天就只有两个人在

The term "skeleton crew" means the minimum number of people neened to continue an operation.

"skeleton crew"这个表达是指进行一项操作所需的最少人数

A skeleton crew is usually called in during an emergency, or when a business does not expect to have many customers.

通常在紧急情况下或者公司不想有太多顾客的情况下会采用最低工作人数

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