首页英语词典offsetoffset的意思

offset怎么读？

offset

英 ['ɒfset] 美[,ɔf'sɛt]

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近义词counteract neutralize cushion soften compensate balance

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

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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。

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。

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.

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.

5. They jump their prices to offset heavy expenditures.: 他们提高物价来抵销庞大的开支.