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Offset Set ɔ:Fset V.补偿,抵消 英 V 补偿,抵消 Make

单词 offset
音标 ['ɔ:fset]
解释 v.补偿,抵消
红宝书 【英】 v. 补偿,抵消 ( make up for)
【例】 He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 无
趣味全助记 【记】off set

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