outsource

/ˈaʊtsɔːs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaʊtsɔːrs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈau̇t-ˌsȯrs/ (ame, mw)

outsource — 動詞

  • outsourcepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • outsourceshe / she / it
  • outsourcedpast simple
  • outsourcing-ing form

1. to hire another business to handle a job or service instead of using your own wo

1.動詞及物 / 不及物C1
釋義

外包

交給外部公司處理

to hire another business to handle a job or service instead of using your own workers.

例句

The bakery outsourced its website design to a small studio.

這家麵包店把網站設計外包給一家小型工作室。

pattern: outsource + object + to + provider

By winter, the hospital had outsourced night cleaning to local workers.

到了冬天，這家醫院已把夜間清潔外包給本地工人。

同義詞
  • contract out

    a close everyday business phrase, often used for a specific job or service

  • subcontract

    used especially when one company already has the main contract and passes part of the job to another

  • offshore

    narrower, because it stresses sending the work to another country

反義詞
  • insource

    to bring work back inside the company instead of using an outside provider

  • keep in-house

    everyday phrase for continuing to do the work within your own organization

文法句型

outsource + work/service/task

outsource + something + to + company/provider

be outsourced to + provider/place

用法筆記

Most often takes business tasks or services as its object, such as payroll, cleaning, or customer support, and often adds 'to' before the outside company. Intransitive use is also common when the task is already clear from context.

常見錯誤

❌The company outsourced with another firm.
✅The company outsourced the work to another firm.
💡use a direct object, and use 'to' before the outside provider.
❌We outsourced our staff to save money.
✅We outsourced our customer service to save money.
💡the object is usually the work or service, not the employees themselves.