【释义】外包，交外办理；外购
牛津：to arrange for sb outside a company to do work or provide goods for that company
柯林斯：If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company and often outside the country to do the work or supply the things.
【例句】
…companies that outsource IT functions. …将信息技术方面的工作外包的公司。
We outsource all our computing work. 我们把全部计算机技术工作包给外边去做。
The company began looking for ways to cut costs, which led to the decision to outsource. 该公司开始寻找降低成本的途径，这使他们决定外包。
联想记忆：out(外部的）+source（资源）→使用外部的资源→把....外包
Outsourcing or off-shoring is a question. 部分职能外包还是海外组建团队，是跨国企业/业务需要考虑的问题。如果在BEC口语考试中遇到这个话题，你能说上几分钟吗？
提供一些句子作参考：
Offshoring refers to obtaining services or products from another country while outsourcing refers to obtaining certain services or products from a third-party company, essentially sourcing something like accounting services or manufacturing of a certain input to another company.
Here are some key differences between outsourcing versus offshoring. One difference between offshoring and outsourcing is the types of employees. Another difference between these terms is the amount of control a company may have over the completed work.
Do your best and outsource the rest. 做你最擅长的，其余的外包出去。
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