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offset vt.抵消；弥补；用平版印刷vi.形成分支n.补偿；平版印刷；支派；弯管；[计]偏移量 (1) 增加的工资会被通货膨胀所抵销。(2) 抵押款提高了，其中一部分可由免税额增加而抵消。(3) 在商品价格下跌时,套期保值能够帮助他们抵补存货价跌的损失。(4) 他提高售价以补偿材料增加的成本。(5) 补偿要求在这些地区也各有不同。 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.

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英 ['ɒfset] 美 ['ɔːfset] (1) The pay raise will be offset by inflation.(2) Higher mortgage rates are partly offset by increased tax allowances.(3) Hedge can help them offset inventory loss when commodity price fall.(4) He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.(5) Offset requirements also vary between these areas. 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. The form offset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. offset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。1[VERB 动词]抵消；补偿 If one thing is offset by another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out.   [be V-ed]  [V n]The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity...提高的生产率抵消了增加的工资成本后仍有结余。The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。

英语单词	offset
英美音标	英 ['ɒfset] 美 ['ɔːfset]
中文释义	vt.抵消；弥补；用平版印刷 vi.形成分支 n.补偿；平版印刷；支派；弯管；[计]偏移量
英语例句	(1) The pay raise will be offset by inflation. (2) Higher mortgage rates are partly offset by increased tax allowances. (3) Hedge can help them offset inventory loss when commodity price fall. (4) He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials. (5) Offset requirements also vary between these areas.
中文例句	(1) 增加的工资会被通货膨胀所抵销。 (2) 抵押款提高了，其中一部分可由免税额增加而抵消。 (3) 在商品价格下跌时,套期保值能够帮助他们抵补存货价跌的损失。 (4) 他提高售价以补偿材料增加的成本。 (5) 补偿要求在这些地区也各有不同。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	The form offset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. offset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。 1 [VERB 动词]抵消；补偿 If one thing is offset by another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out. [be V-ed] [V n] The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity... 提高的生产率抵消了增加的工资成本后仍有结余。 The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo. 此举旨在缓解联合国禁运所造成的世界石油供应短缺的局面。

Offset Price Pay Higher Increased Cost Verb Joy