offset

英 [ˈɒfset]

美 [ˈɔːfset]

v.  抵消; 弥补; 补偿
adj.  胶印的
n.  开端; 出发; 平版印刷; 抵消; 补偿

过去分词：offset　第三人称单数：offsets　现在分词：offsetting　过去式：offset　复数：offsets　

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.5701 / COCA.6179

牛津词典

verb

• 抵消；弥补；补偿
  to use one cost, payment or situation in order to cancel or reduce the effect of another
  1. 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。
  2. What expenses can you offset against tax ?
     什么开支可以获得税项减免？

adj.

• 胶印的
  used to describe a method of printing in which ink is put onto a metal plate, then onto a rubber surface and only then onto the paper

柯林斯词典

The form offset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. offset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。


• VERB 抵消；补偿
  If one thingis offsetby another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out.
  1. The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity...
     提高的生产率抵消了增加的工资成本后仍有结余。
  2. The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
     此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。

英英释义

noun

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
  Synonym:set-backsetoff
• a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
  Synonym:offset printing
• a natural consequence of development
  Synonym:outgrowthbranchoffshoot
• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
  Synonym:stolonrunner
• a compensating equivalent
  Synonym:counterbalance
• the time at which something is supposed to begin
  1. they got an early start
  2. she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
  Synonym:beginningcommencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtime

verb

• produce by offset printing
  1. offset the conference proceedings
• create an offset in
  1. offset a wall
• cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
• make up for
  1. His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
  Synonym:cancelset off
• compensate for or counterbalance
  1. offset deposits and withdrawals
  Synonym:countervail

双语例句

• For the tunnel diode parallel amplifier, quiescent operation point, circuit specification and offset voltage are studied.
  介绍了隧道二极管的特性，研究了隧道二极管并联放大器的静态特性，主要性能指标和偏置要求。
• Some DMMs provide a built-in offset compensation capability.
  有些数字多用表（DMM）提供了内置偏移补偿功能。
• Characters of all kinds of materials more or less affect the printing quality in offset.
  胶印中使用的各种材料，它们的性质或多或少都会影响到印刷质量。
• The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
  此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。
• This could offset some of the CPU improvements we observed.
  这可能会影响我们所观察到的CPU改进。
• No one believes that budgets should have been cut to offset this revenue loss.
  没人认为，应该通过削减预算来抵消这种收入损失。
• Such blended loans, with revenues helping to offset interest payments, are in place in Tunisia and Egypt.
  突尼斯和埃及已经建立了这种混合贷款，以其收入帮助抵消利息支付。
• These factors did much to offset the enemy's superior numbers.
  这些因素对抵消敌人数量上的优势起了很大的作用。
• These goods are not enough to offset the whole loan.
  这些物资还不够抵交全部贷款。
• 317. At the outset this set of setting settled the offset problem of the kettle.
  317.在开始，这一套设置解决了水壶的弥补问题。