| 单词 | contract out |
| 释义 | contract out 1. phrasal verb If a company contracts out work, they employ other companies to do it. [business] Firms can contract out work to one another. [V P n + to] When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...the trend of contracting services out rather than performing them in-house. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for contract If a person or group contracts out of a system or scheme, they formally say that they do not want to take part in it. [British] Employees can contract out of their employer's occupational pension scheme. [VERB PARTICLE + of] ...a deal which converts into a pay-as-you-go service unless you contract out. [VERB PARTICLE] |
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