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Offset 6262.Offset 英 ɒfset]美 ɔf'sɛt 释义 N 抵消,补偿;平版印刷;支管vt

正面 6262.offset
英 ['ɒfset]美 [,ɔf'sɛt]

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释义:
n. 抵消,补偿;平版印刷;支管vt. 抵消;弥补;用平版印刷术印刷vi. 装支管
例句:
1. The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.结婚人数的减少由于同居人数的增加而得以弥补。

foam 浮沫
offset 抵消,补偿off,离开,set,建立,开始。其原义为出发,后用于指抵消,补偿。
offset (n.)1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something 'set off' against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906."

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