释义 |
subcontractsub‧con‧tract /ˌsʌbkənˈtrækt $ -ˈkɑːntrækt/ (also subcontract out) verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsubcontract |
Present | I, you, we, they | subcontract | | he, she, it | subcontracts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | subcontracted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have subcontracted | | he, she, it | has subcontracted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had subcontracted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will subcontract | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have subcontracted |
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Present | I | am subcontracting | | he, she, it | is subcontracting | | you, we, they | are subcontracting | Past | I, he, she, it | was subcontracting | | you, we, they | were subcontracting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been subcontracting | | he, she, it | has been subcontracting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been subcontracting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be subcontracting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been subcontracting |
- They subcontract out the repair and maintenance of their rental car fleet.
- A car rental company subcontracts out the repair and maintenance of its fleet, and focuses on renting.
- Carey repeated that the union would sign no deal unless it included limits on subcontracting and added more full-time jobs.
- Critics worry that compassionate conservatism involves subcontracting social welfare to nutty evangelicals.
- Even supposedly essential functions are subcontracted out.
- Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house.
- Not all the subcontracting goes abroad.
- The partners are now subcontracting more Airbus work to other companies and countries.
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