offset
英['?fset]
美[,?f's?t]
- n. 抵消，補償；平版印刷；支管
- vt. 抵消；彌補；用平版印刷術印刷
- vi. 裝支管
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?offsets;過去式:?offset;過去分詞:?offset;現在分詞:?offsetting;
中文詞源
offset 抵消，補償
off,離開，set,建立，開始。其原義為出發，后用于指抵消，補償。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.
- 結婚人數的減少由于同居人數的增加而得以彌補。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
- 為補償原料成本的增加而提高了價格。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
- 國內需求放緩和出口增長互相抵消了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.
- 他們增加的工資會被物價上漲所抵消.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They jump their prices to offset heavy expenditures.
- 他們提高物價來抵銷龐大的開支.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》