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outsource sth to sb/sth
介词 to 后接承接外包的一方。
The company outsources its IT services to a third-party provider.
这家公司把IT服务外包给第三方供应商。
外包
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外包
to obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out
The company outsources its IT services to a third-party provider.
这家公司把IT服务外包给第三方供应商。
把...外包
v. obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out
outsource
Base
原形
outsources
3rd person
第三人称单数
outsourcing
-ing
现在分词
outsourced
Past
过去式
outsourced
Past participle
过去分词
We outsource our customer service to a call center.
我们把客户服务外包给呼叫中心。
Last year, the company outsourced its IT department.
去年，公司把信息技术部门外包了。
They are outsourcing the production to a factory in Vietnam.
他们正把生产外包给越南的一家工厂。
外包；及物动词，常用搭配 outsource sth to sb/sth。
The company decided to outsource its customer service to a call center in another city.
这家公司决定将客服外包给另一座城市的呼叫中心。
Many small businesses outsource their accounting to save money.
许多小企业为了省钱而将会计工作外包出去。
We outsourced the software development last year, and the project finished on time.
去年我们把软件开发外包了，项目按时完成了。
介词 to 后接承接外包的一方。
The company outsources its IT services to a third-party provider.
这家公司把IT服务外包给第三方供应商。
不说明接受方时用这个结构。
Many small businesses outsource their payroll.
许多小企业外包薪资处理。
这里 outsource 是不及物用法，主语是发出外包动作的一方。
Some startups outsource to freelancers to cut costs.
一些初创公司为降低成本而外包给自由职业者。
Not this
We outsourced the project with a local company.
Use this
We outsourced the project to a local company.
outsource 的承接方须用介词 to 引出，表示“外包给……”；with 表示“和……一起”，用在这里不符合动词搭配。
Not this
Outsource is often cheaper than hiring in-house staff.
Use this
Outsourcing is often cheaper than hiring in-house staff.
outsource 是动词，不能作主语；表示“外包（这件事）”时应使用动名词 outsourcing。
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外包工作
The company decided to outsource work to reduce costs.
公司决定外包工作以降低成本。
外包工作岗位
Many firms outsource jobs overseas.
许多公司把工作岗位外包到海外。
外包生产
They outsource production to a factory in Vietnam.
他们把生产外包给越南的一家工厂。
外包客户服务
The bank outsources its customer service to a call center.
银行把客户服务外包给一个呼叫中心。
外包IT服务
The startup outsources IT services to a local company.
这家初创公司把IT服务外包给一家本地公司。
外包给第三方
We outsource payroll to a third party.
我们把工资发放外包给第三方。
工作可以外包，但爱情不能。
Tagline of the 2006 romantic comedy film ‘Outsourced’, about an American sent to India to train his replacement.
2006年浪漫喜剧电影《外包人生》的标语，讲述一名美国人被派到印度培训自己的替代者。
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out（外）+ source（来源）→ 把工作来源放到外部，即外包。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、software development、manufacturing outsource 是一个中性的商务用词，多用于企业运营、IT 和制造业等场景。在正式报告和日常商务沟通中都比较常见。
这些词与 outsource 的词尾 /-sɔːs/ 押韵（非卷舌读音）：source、course、coarse、force、horse、hoarse。其中 course/coarse 和 horse/hoarse 分别同音。注意 sour /ˈsaʊə/ 与 source 拼写相近，但发音不押韵。
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