contractor

noun

/kənˈtræktə(r)/, /ˈkɒntræktə(r)/

/ˈkɑːntræktər/

词汇	contractor
释义	contractor noun /kənˈtræktə(r)/, /ˈkɒntræktə(r)/ /ˈkɑːntræktər/ a person or company that has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company承包人；承包商；承包公司 a building/roofing/electrical contractor 建筑/屋顶/电气承包商 a defence/security/military/civilian contractor国防/安全/军事/民用承包商 a private/an independent contractor私人/独立承包商 to employ an outside contractor雇用外来承包商 We'll need to employ a building contractor to do the work.我们得雇用建筑承包商来干这个活儿。 a list of approved contractors获批准的承包商名单 see also subcontractor Collocations Dictionaryadjective independent private external … verb + contractor employ hire select … 词源early 16th cent.: from late Latin, from Latin contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.
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