offset
英 ['ɒfset]
美[,ɔf'sɛt]
- n. 抵消，补偿；平版印刷；支管
- vt. 抵消；弥补；用平版印刷术印刷
- vi. 装支管
词态变化
第三人称单数: offsets;过去式: offset;过去分词: offset;现在分词: offsetting;
中文词源
offset 抵消，补偿
off,离开，set,建立，开始。其原义为出发，后用于指抵消，补偿。
英文词源
- offset (n.)
- 1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something 'set off' against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906.
双语例句
- 1. The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.
- 结婚人数的减少由于同居人数的增加而得以弥补。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
- 为补偿原料成本的增加而提高了价格。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
- 国内需求放缓和出口增长互相抵消了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.
- 他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. They jump their prices to offset heavy expenditures.
- 他们提高物价来抵销庞大的开支.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》