subcontract
🇺🇸
/ˌsʌbˈkɑːntrækt/
🇬🇧
/ˌsʌbkənˈtrækt/
to hire someone else to do part of a job that you were given
We subcontracted a local painter to paint the office.
我们分包给当地一位画家来粉刷办公室。
a contract to do part of a job that someone else has agreed to do
We were awarded a subcontract for the construction project.
我们被授予了一项建筑工程的分包合同。