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
Extra Examplessee also subcontractorWe'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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- independent
- private
- external
- …
- employ
- hire
- select
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin, from Latin contrahere ‘draw together’, from con- ‘together’ + trahere ‘draw’.