| 单词 | set off |
| 释义 | set offverb (adverb) 1. (intransitive) to embark on a journey 2. (transitive) to cause (a person) to act or do something, such as laugh or tell stories 3. (transitive) to cause to explode 4. (transitive) to act as a foil or contrast to, esp so as to improve that brooch sets your dress off well 5. (transitive) accounting to cancel a credit on (one account) against a debit on another, both of which are in the name of the same person, enterprise, etc 6. (intransitive) to bring a claim by way of setoff noun setoff 7. anything that serves as a counterbalance 8. anything that serves to contrast with or enhance something else; foil 9. another name for setback set back (sense 6)10. a counterbalancing debt or claim offered by a debtor against a creditor 11. a cross claim brought by a debtor that partly offsets the creditor's claim See also counterclaim set-offnoun printing a fault in which ink is transferred from a heavily inked or undried printed sheet to the sheet next to it in a pile Also called (esp Brit): offset |
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