外部委託された
解説 Definition
outsourced は outsource（業務を外部委託する）の過去形・過去分詞です。会社や組織が仕事の一部を外部の業者や専門家に任せた、または任されている状態を表します。
The past tense and past participle of outsource, meaning that a company or organization arranged for work to be performed by an outside business or specialist rather than by its own staff.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 outsource「外部委託する」に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末は /t/ と発音します。out「外へ」＋source「調達する」と捉え、outsource a task「業務を委託する」、be outsourced to a firm「会社へ委託される」を対で覚えましょう。
Connect outsourced directly with the base verb outsource: out suggests moving work outside an organization, while source suggests obtaining the people or services needed. Adding -ed forms both the simple past and the past participle, and the ending is pronounced /t/. Remember the active pattern “the company outsourced customer support” alongside the passive pattern “customer support was outsourced to a local firm.” The passive is especially common when the focus is the work transferred rather than the organization making the decision.
例文
The company outsourced its customer support last year.
その会社は昨年、顧客サポートを外部委託しました。
Several routine tasks were outsourced to a local firm.
いくつかの定型業務は地元の会社に外部委託されました。
After the project grew, the design work was outsourced to specialists.
プロジェクトが大きくなった後、デザイン業務は専門家に外部委託されました。
outsourced の類義語・関連語
outsourced の語源・成り立ち Etymology
outsourcedはout「外へ」＋source「供給元・源」＋-edから成る、outsourceの過去分詞形です。sourceは古フランス語を経てラテン語surgere「湧き出る」にさかのぼり、sourceやresourceと同根なので、「仕事の出どころを外に出す」から「外部委託された」と理解できます。
Outsourced is the past-tense and past-participle form of outsource, created by adding -ed. The modern verb combines out, indicating movement beyond an organization, with source, used as a verb meaning to obtain something from a supplier. Source entered English through Old French from Latin surgere, “to rise.” The term developed in modern business language for obtaining services from an external provider.
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