The verb is pronounced /ˌsʌbkən'trækt/. The noun is pronounced /sʌb'kɒntrækt/. 动词读作 /ˌsʌbkən'trækt/,名词读作 /sʌb'kɒntrækt/。
- VERB 将…分包;将…转包
If one firm subcontracts part of its work to another firm, it pays the other firm to do part of the work that it has been employed to do.
- The company is subcontracting production of most of the parts...
该公司外包了大部分零部件的生产。 - They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.
他们通过将任务转包给当地其他公司来减少成本。
- 分包合同;转包契约
A subcontract is a contract between a firm which is being employed to do a job and another firm which agrees to do part of that job.