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/ˈkɑːntræktər/ · /kənˈtræktə/
a person or company that agrees to do work for someone else, often building or repair work.
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複數 contractors
核心畫面
You can picture the person who signs the paper and then brings their own crew and tools: they are not on your payroll, they took on a job with an agreed price and an agreed end. A contractor is 'the one who has the contract'.
可以想成那個簽了紙、然後自己帶工班和工具來的人：他不是你公司的員工，而是接下一個講好價錢、講好完工日的工作。字面上就…更多收起
可以想成那個簽了紙、然後自己帶工班和工具來的人：他不是你公司的員工，而是接下一個講好價錢、講好完工日的工作。字面上就是「持有 contract（合約）的那一方」。From the word’s history
Contract goes back to Latin contractus, from contrahere 'to draw together' (com- 'together' + trahere 'to draw'); the Romans used that same 'drawing together' image for making a bargain. A contractor is the party drawn into the deal.
contract 可追到拉丁文 contractus，來自 contrahere「拉在一起」（com-「一起」＋ trahere「拉」）；羅馬人正是用這個「被拉到一起」的畫面來講「談成一筆交易」。contractor 就是被那紙約拉進來、負責把事情做完的那一方——所以它天生帶著「講好條件、有始有終」的味道，而不是長期的隸屬關係。
Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/contract
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Contractorname
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A surname originating as an occupation.
contractornoun/ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/
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A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
- Two days later, walking beyond the usual limit of the conventional promenade, Carrados reached a rough wooden hut such as contractors erect during the progress of their work.
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A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
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A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
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A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
- It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。