| 单词 | offshore |
| 释义 | offshore (ɒfʃɔːʳ , US ɔːf- ) also off-shore 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Offshore means situated or happening in the sea, near to the coast. ...Britain's offshore oil industry. ...offshore islands. Offshore is also an adverb. One day a larger ship anchored offshore. When they hit the rocks, they were just 500 yards offshore. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] An offshore wind blows from the land towards the sea. ...a strong off-shore wind. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Offshore investments or companies are located in a place, usually an island, which has fewer tax regulations than most other countries. [business] The island offers a wide range of offshore banking facilities. Collocations: offshore assets Those who are found to have evaded tax on their offshore assets will have to pay the tax plus interest. Times, Sunday Times Were the will to be read literally, the offshore assets would be left floating in the legal limbo of intestacy. Times, Sunday Times Taxpayers with undeclared tax on offshore assets need to think carefully about their position. Times, Sunday Times Revenue officials have widespread powers to trace those with offshore assets. Times, Sunday Times The prime minister also faces an investigation into alleged corruption and his family's offshore assets. Times, Sunday Times It belongs to an offshore company, and its owners need to sell up before spring to avoid a hefty tax bill. Times, Sunday Times Homeowners whose properties are already held in an offshore company now have to decide what to do next. Times, Sunday Times Mercury would loan them the balance and the total would be used to buy the right to a dividend issued by a separate offshore company. Times, Sunday Times Some buyers have avoided paying stamp duty by buying shares in an offshore company rather than making a direct purchase of the property. Times, Sunday Times A buyer who acquires a 50 million property, placed in an offshore company, avoids paying 2.5 million in stamp duty. Times, Sunday Times The icebergs released by the breakup now pose a potential danger to shipping and offshore development in the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Historically offshore development concentrated on back office functions but, as offshoring has grown, a wider range off applications have been developed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The increasing urbanisation of coastal areas, offshore developments, wind farms, oil drilling, aggregate extraction and dredging all disrupt wildlife. Times, Sunday Times However, the rise in offshore development has taken place in parallel with an increased awareness of the importance of usability, and the user experience, in software. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its core offerings now include offshore engineering, rig construction, project management and the supply of wind and wave data for renewable- energy ventures. Times, Sunday Times The deal meant the company could offer onshore and offshore engineering work for the first time. Times, Sunday Times The university remains one of the best places to study if you are considering a career in offshore engineering. Times, Sunday Times Scientists in fields of research other than offshore engineering have also addressed seabed gouging. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such opacity makes offshore entities an ideal vehicle for tax avoidance. Times, Sunday Times He forced it to convey its most significant asset its controlling position in oil production subsidiaries to unknown offshore entities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1970s and 1980s corporate groups were known to form offshore entities for the purposes of reinvoicing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The offshore facility comprised an island type berth (known colloquially as the jetty) in length, approximately from the shore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When finished, it will be the largest floating offshore facility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An even bigger long-term issue will be who takes responsibility for decommissioning redundant offshore facilities. Times, Sunday Times The oil and gas industry was also affected, and its estimated $24.7 million in losses resulted mainly from damage to equipment and offshore facilities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This causes difficulties in predicting performance accurately, a critical shortcoming in financing billion-dollar offshore facilities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 100 disgruntled workers shut down the offshore field. Globe and Mail The company aims to extend its oil and gas activities in both onshore and offshore fields. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Challenges also include the development of new cutting-edge drilling technologies, while maintaining corporate environmental regulatory standards, which safeguard against spills at offshore fields. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are 383 producing offshore fields, including 17 which started production in 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Screens also control the migration of formation sands into production tubulars and surface equipment, which can cause washouts and other problems, particularly from unconsolidated sand formations of offshore fields. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The schemes are different, but all require savers to transfer their retirement funds, often to an offshore firm. Times, Sunday Times A property can also be transferred to an offshore firm so that the buyer need acquire only the shares in the company, rather than the property itself. Times, Sunday Times But a spokesman insisted she only set up the offshore firm for privacy reasons rather than to avoid paying tax. The Sun Someone who puts a property into an offshore firm would be liable to an income tax charge under benefit-in-kind rules for company directors. Times, Sunday Times The prime minister had sworn before parliament that he had no links to any offshore firm. Times, Sunday Times Administrators have made claims against him for misreporting the value of assets under management and the insufficient disclosure of an offshore fund. Times, Sunday Times So who are the offshore fund groups marketing products onshore? Times, Sunday Times However, certain offshore funds are set up to distribute dividends, not interest, subject to higher-rate tax at 32.5% or 10% at the basic rate. Times, Sunday Times However, early indications suggest that offshore funds could give their onshore counterparts a real run for their money. Times, Sunday Times We can now offer clients access to talented hedge fund managers, for example, who were previously available only through offshore funds. Times, Sunday Times About $125 million relates to offshore losses, out of a total offshore industry loss of $3 billion. Times, Sunday Times Work for the offshore industry began in the 21st century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From the late 1970s the yard focused mainly on the offshore industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the offshore industry remains important, many of these industries have now declined substantially. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He later expanded the calibration services to the offshore industry at large. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Global economic conditions also influence the chosen location for offshore investment. ST Offshore investment bonds charge little or no tax in their home territory. Times, Sunday Times Building companies sell the freehold to the highest bidder, with many bought by anonymous offshore investment companies. Times,Sunday Times Offshore investment bonds have a number of uses. Times, Sunday Times However, the recent strengthening of the rand, coupled with the prospect of future rand weakness, provides investors with an ideal opportunity to consider an offshore investment. ST No damage was reported during this earthquake because of its offshore location and the small population of the nearby onshore communities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The depth of each dive also tells the scientists about fish stocks in offshore locations. Times, Sunday Times It was all very impressive - my earnings could be dispatched to the fanciest offshore locations or buried in the deepest shell corporations. The Sun Floating barge mounted plants have advantage of toeing to new offshore locations for better usage in changing business environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, over 11,000 passengers are moved between various offshore locations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When complete, the offshore oil and gas project will deliver 9.6m tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year. Times, Sunday Times Finally, about 60 per cent of marine goes into the stricken offshore oil and gas market. Times, Sunday Times The company supplies control panels for offshore oil and gas platforms, and also installs and services wind turbines. Times, Sunday Times It makes flexible pipes used in the offshore oil and gas industry to connect undersea wells with floating production platforms. Times, Sunday Times The offshore oil and gas industry has a number of accommodation vessels of various kinds. Times, Sunday Times It has no plans to quit its offshore operations. Times, Sunday Times I'm on shore giving technical support to the offshore operations - assessing equipment, looking at safety issues and working on long-term improvement projects. Times, Sunday Times It said the contract was for the provision of 'project management, engineering services, procurement, offshore construction and offshore operations support'. Times, Sunday Times He worked on the legal positioning of environmental legislation, investment, taxation, decommissioning of offshore operations, and the privatisation of state-owned companies. Times, Sunday Times Offshore operations run 24 hours a day and can take him away for several months at a time, so 'you need a good sense of humour'. Times, Sunday Times At that rate, seven such plants would be needed to generate as much oil as one reasonably productive offshore platform. Times, Sunday Times A big offshore platform would require at least an extra year of construction. Times, Sunday Times The first offshore platform was installed by 1976. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another type of offshore platform may float with a mooring system to maintain it on location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Further topical coverage includes research and technology in fluid dynamics, separation processes, offshore platform issues, and new hydraulic and pneumatic equipment applications and operations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An offshore project manager for tidal and wave-generating projects can earn 55,000. Times, Sunday Times The new structure includes an excess profit tax, and limits foreign participation to 50 percent in each offshore project with no guarantees of operatorship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Earnings at its offshore projects and operations side were wiped out by those seasonal factors. Times, Sunday Times Onshore projects are excluded from competing against offshore projects for contracts that guarantee them a fixed price for the power they generate. Times, Sunday Times Until now, offshore projects have secured deals guaranteeing them 155 or more for each megawatt hour produced - roughly three times the wholesale electricity price. Times, Sunday Times It's also where an offshore reef, a hang-out for blue whales, comes nearest the shore. Times, Sunday Times Efforts to protect them have included the conservation and protection of benthic estuarine habitats, as well as rocky offshore reef areas where they breed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although waters were kept calm by an offshore reef, the anchorage area was littered with shoals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Younger fish caught in estuarine areas are often darker than older fish taken from offshore reef areas, and exhibit lighter vertical bands down their flanks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ship was wrecked on an offshore reef shortly afterward, although no lives were lost. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The strike threat, which could paralyse the industry, comes amid growing fears of another, bigger walkout by up to 10,000 offshore rig workers. Times, Sunday Times The offshore rig industry has seen a number of large mergers in recent years. Houston Chronicle It came just days after he completed his first mission in saving an offshore rig worker. The Sun The city has a population of just 120,000 and makes its living mainly from the oil industry, servicing offshore rigs. Times, Sunday Times Union organisers will begin counting votes today for a possible walkout by hundreds of helicopter pilots, who play a critical role ferrying workers and supplies to offshore rigs. Times, Sunday Times I was even more unsettled reading in the briefing that climbing the 90ft mast in a rolling swell was 'the worst part of offshore sailing for many people'. Times, Sunday Times This makes it ideal for offering young people offshore sailing, helping them to learn greater seamanship and sailing skills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1970s a group of experienced sailors spearheaded the creation of an offshore sailing department which gave the opportunity for older members to participate in nautical activities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lawyers were increasingly concerned about the offshore structure. Times, Sunday Times Angel has denied that shareholders receive any tax benefit from its offshore structure. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday, local politicians accused it of trying to cover up the offshore structure of the purchase. Times, Sunday Times He added that it had unwound the offshore structure. Times, Sunday Times In the case of bridges or offshore structure, compressive strength and/or upward flexural strength may be of more interest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Onshore reinsurance companies may also incorporate an offshore subsidiary to reinsure catastrophic risks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those offshore subsidiaries won't become redundant - they serve important marketing and tax functions anyway. ST Companies took to hiding their success - not by stashing the loot in dodgy offshore subsidiaries to cheat the taxman, but by paying back creditors earlier than necessary. Times, Sunday Times Multinationals also use offshore subsidiaries to funnel profits away from high-tax jurisdictions, to the consternation of national tax authorities. Times, Sunday Times What wisdom, what experience - how many guilty secrets and how many offshore trust funds - would sink with them? Times, Sunday Times One promoter told an undercover reporter that for a 17,000 fee he could help unlock his pension using an offshore trust. Times, Sunday Times He said he had a playing contract for 30,000 a week but a second contract to pay him a similar amount for his image rights through an offshore trust. Times, Sunday Times He denied using an offshore trust to shelter his wealth. The Sun The loans were made by an offshore trust that could only act in the investors' best interests, so was highly unlikely to demand them back. Times, Sunday Times The proposals include an extra 4,000 onshore and 3,000 offshore turbines. The Sun There are currently 228 offshore turbines with a capacity of 688 megawatts. Times, Sunday Times They will stand in up to 70m of water, compared with only 10-25m for existing offshore turbines. Times, Sunday Times However, more than 3,500 onshore and nearly 1,000 offshore turbines are under construction or have planning permission. Times, Sunday Times Today there are only three purpose-built ships for installing offshore turbines. Times, Sunday Times Offshore vessels may elect to equip themselves further. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company operates a fleet of 12 offshore vessels, 4 nearshore and coastal vessels and numerous windfarm support vessels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Launch and recovery systems and boats: davits and boats for the oil and gas industry, offshore vessels, substation platforms, navy/coast guard, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An offshore well targets a reservoir that happens to be underneath an ocean. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first offshore well was sunk in 1974. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first offshore well was drilled in 1957. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Five offshore wells were drilled in the 1970s after a sharp rise in oil prices but exploration stopped when they turned out to be dry. Times, Sunday Times Offshore wells in deep water can cost $50m or more. Times, Sunday Times Offshore wind farms accounted for 61 per cent of last week's wind power and onshore farms 39 per cent. Times, Sunday Times He hopes the initiative will allow the offshore wind industry to increase its capacity from 8 gigawatts to 33gw by 2020. Times, Sunday Times The government has pledged to develop even more offshore wind farms if they win the 2015 general election. Times, Sunday Times The electrolysers will be linked to nearby offshore wind farms and split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Times,Sunday Times I stroke his arm soothingly, muttering how offshore wind farms might yet save the day. Times, Sunday Times Helicopter pilots and offshore workers are threatening to strike over redundancies and changes to shift patterns. Times, Sunday Times Offshore workers become more productive and better paid. Globe and Mail Roughly 414 offshore workers will be moved if the evacuation goes ahead. canada.com It had positioned its fleet to operate offshore with more than 50 units in five continents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By operating offshore they pay little (if any) tax. Times, Sunday Times The ideal customer operates offshore using the most sophisticated equipment. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 海上的 Japanese: 沖の |
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