| 单词 | offset |
| 释义 | offset (once / 1293 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4n When you offset something—say, the price of gas—you find a way to make up for it. My new car's ability to get fifty miles per gallon offset the rise in the price of gas. Offset functions as both a noun and a verb. Okay, let's talk turkey. The Duke's lack of height was offset by his enormous wig. Even without shoes, he towered above most people, because his wig alone was five feet tall. The cost of the wig—close to $10,000—was easily offset by its quality: it was worth every cent. The inconvenience of the blizzard was offset by the joy of not having to go to school or work—or even get out of bed. The joy was what you might call an offset. WORD FAMILYoffset: offsets, offsetting USAGE EXAMPLESThe miners are banking on a boost in infrastructure spending, which they believe would offset the price declines caused by slowing growth in housing. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “You need offsetting stimulus policies to keep the economy growing,” he said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) High blood pressure values during exercise are offset by the many low values recorded after exercise, to the benefit of the body. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n a compensating equivalent Syn|Hyper counterbalance compensation something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) 2n the time at which something is supposed to begin Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, outset, showtime, start, starting time middle time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period end, endingthe point in time at which something ends birth the time when something begins (especially life) incipience, incipiencybeginning to exist or to be apparent starting point, terminus a quoearliest limiting point thresholdthe starting point for a new state or experience cradlebirth of a person point, point in time an instant of time 3n a natural consequence of development Syn|Hyper branch, offshoot, outgrowth consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon 4v compensate for or counterbalance offset deposits and withdrawals Syn|Hyper countervail balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize bring into balance or equilibrium 5v make up for 2His skills offset his opponent's superior strength Syn|Hypo|Hyper cancel, set off counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions overridecounteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize bring into balance or equilibrium 1n a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper Syn|Hypo|Hyper offset printing photo-offset, photo-offset printing a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates letterset printingimage is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller printing, printing process reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication 2v produce by offset printing offset the conference proceedings Hyper impress, print reproduce by printing 3v cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 3Hyper transfer move from one place to another 1n structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly Syn|Hyper set-back, setoff construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2v create an offset in 4offset a wall Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become n a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips Syn|Hyper runner, stolon plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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