知识扩展
易混词辨析
employee、contractor
1. contractor:名词 “承包商;承包人;订约人(侧重 “按合同为他人提供服务或完成项目的个人或公司,非雇主雇员”)”(搭配 “building contractor;independent contractor;contractor agreement”);
2. employee:名词 “雇员;员工(侧重 “受雇于雇主,领取薪水,受雇主管理”)”,近义差异(“full-time employee”(全职雇员) vs “freelance contractor”(自由职业承包商);“employee benefits”(雇员福利) vs “contractor payments”(承包商报酬));
3. 高频错拼:易漏写 “c”(误写 “ontractor”);
4. 用法误区:“按合同工作,非雇员” 用 “contractor”(正确,如 “IT contractor”(IT 承包商)),“employee” 不可指 “承包商”(如 “contractor employee” 错误,应为 “independent contractor”);“承包商” 可指个人或公司,“employee” 仅指个人。
词源词缀
来自contract,合同。con-共同+-tract-拉+-or名词词尾