| 释义 |
in-house, a. and adv.|ˈɪnhaʊs|
[in prefix1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a business or institution, etc., as distinguished from its relations with groups or persons external to itself.
B. adv. Internally; without outside assistance.
1956W. A. Heflin U.S.A.F. Dict. 268/1 In-house research, research done within the Air Force, not by contract. 1966Electronics 14 Nov. 25 Under the new arrangement it's expected that more of the work will be done in-house at the Marshall Space Flight Center. 1967Ibid. 6 Mar. 8/3 Although some electronic equipment makers do produce their own integrated circuits—or at least maintain an in-house capability—most still buy on the open market. 1967Karch & Buber Offset Processes iii. 47 The type may be set ‘in-house’ or obtained from a composition house. 1968Lebende Sprachen XIII. 4/1 A relatively small number of stock microcircuits..made by outside suppliers or by his own in-house facilities. 1971Meta XVI. 141 The translation assignment came from a large pharmaceutical company with an in-house staff of translators. 1971New Scientist 27 Apr. 251/2 More R and D should be put out to firms, thus further reducing the highly expensive ‘in house’ staff. 1971E. F. Schoeters in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer viii. 67 This does not mean that the day of the in-house computer is coming to an end. 1972Science 5 May 500/3 Postdoctoral fellows, who will be recruited to come to the academy as in-house resident scholars. 1973R. W. Burchfield in McDavid & Duckert Lexicogr. in English 100 Making full use..of in-house photocopying apparatus. |