[] () the process of arranging for sb outside a company to produce goods or provide services for that company 外部采办；交外办理；外购◆the outsourcing of catering 饮食外包◆cost savings from IT outsourcing 信息技术外包节省的成本◆outsourcing contracts/deals 外包合同／交易▸ˈoutsource
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[] ◆We outsource all our computing work. 我们把所有的计算机技术工作包给外边去做。➡insourcing , subcontract