| 单词 | spin off |
| 释义 | spin off or spin out phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for spinTo spin off or spin off something such as a company means to create a new company that is separate from the original organization. [business] He rescued the company and later spun off its textile division into a separate company. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Corven plans to help large companies spin out smaller, entrepreneurial firms. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]spin-offWord forms: plural spin-offs 1. countable noun A spin-off is an unexpected but useful or valuable result of an activity that was designed to achieve something else. The company put out a report on commercial spin-offs from its research. [+ from/of] 2. countable noun A spin-off is a book, film, or television series that comes after and is related to a successful book, film, or television series. spin off in British Englishverb 1. (tr, adverb) to turn (a part of a business enterprise) into a separate company noun spin-off 2. any product or development derived incidentally from the application of existing knowledge or enterprise 3. a book, film, or television series derived from a similar successful book, film, or television series spin-off in British English (ˈspɪnˌɒf) noun 1. any product or development derived incidentally from the application of existing knowledgeor from an enterprise one of the university's first commercial spin-offs The company put out a report on commercial spin-offs from its research. knowledge that provided the basis for impressive technological spin-offs But that would be nothing compared with the hundreds of millions that would floodin from commercial spin-offs. He is now exploring possible commercial spin-offs the signing could bring to theclub. An unexpected spin-off has been to help reduce the risk of fraud. 2. a book, film, or television series derived from a similar successful book, film, ortelevision series this spin-off of a hit BBC sitcom modifier 3. of or relating to a spin-off The spin-off benefits for tourism are expected to be significant. Then there is the proliferation of spin-off products such as action toys. just as the space programme gave the world spin-off technologies like the non-sticksurface of frying pans He plans to make a spin-off show. Thousands bought the spin-off books. Many of the universities which have been most successful in basic research have alsobeen very good at generating spin-off companies. spin off in American English1. to produce as an outgrowth or secondary benefit, development, etc. 2. to get rid of spin off in Finance (spɪn ɔf) Word forms: (present) spins off, (past) spun off, (perfect) spun off, (progressive) spinning off verb (Finance: Corporate) If you spin off a company or subsidiary, you sell a subsidiary part of a company, or make a subsidiary its own separate company byissuing shares in the new company. A common technique for spinning off a company from its parent is to distribute shares in the new company to the old company'sshareholders. The company intends to spin off its regional operating companies to investors. If you spin off a company or subsidiary, you sell a subsidiary part of a company, or make a subsidiaryits own separate company by issuing shares in the new company. Examples of 'spin off' in a sentence |
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