offset 的 4 个定义
- something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- the start, beginning, or outset.
- a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated.
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- of, noting, or pertaining to an offset.
- Lithography. pertaining to, printed by, or suitable for printing by offset.
- placed away from a center line; off-center.
- placed at an angle to something, as to the axis of a form, shape, or object; not parallel.
off·set, off·set·ting.
- to counterbalance as an equivalent does; compensate for: The gains offset the losses.
- to juxtapose with something else, as for purposes of comparison: to offset advantages against disadvantages.
- Printing. to make an offset of.to print by the process of offset lithography.
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off·set, off·set·ting.
- to project as an offset or branch.
- to counterbalance or compensate.
- Printing. to make an offset.
offset 近义词
counterbalance, compensate
更多offset例句
- The shopping spree by the rich will not offset the spending cuts by the rest of the population.
- Over the years, developers in San Diego have been required to fork over money to offset the impact of their development.
- Early hot spots like New York City have cooled off, but that decrease in new cases is offset by a surge in states like Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.
- Urchin, Dungeness crab and clam biomass fell when otters were present, but these losses were offset by gains in fish and other invertebrates that rely on kelp.
- So I’ve always believed that the euro is problematic, because you’re creating a currency, but without a single banking system, without a fiscal union, without offsets to deal with it.
- Fortunately, Pomplamoose made some money to offset some of these expenses.
- He plants a tree in Central America for every bottle of Tru spirits he sells to offset the carbon produced in manufacturing.
- The wealthy want to be seen as even more parsimonious, to offset the incriminating millions in their bank accounts.
- And the potential growth in those businesses could easily offset the loss of revenues from selling tobacco.
- It provides $63 billion in sequester relief, which is partially offset by a $23 billion mix of spending cuts and “fees.”
- The Constitution requires that reapportionment or redistricting take place every ten years to offset population changes.
- Russia thought by joining hands with France she would offset the power of Germany and Austria.
- To offset this, I paid Mike $600 a year, and employed his son Joe at $1.75 a day, for twenty weeks.
- The two effects would consequently offset each other under such conditions.
- We find a strong offset to the horror of Aztec cruelty in the very Bible, which we regard as the mainstay of our religious world.