喜樂美語
  1. 1v/ˌɔːfˈset/ · /ˌɒfˈset/offset, counterbalance抵銷

    If one cost or amount offsets another, it has the opposite effect, so the situation stays about the same. You can also offset one amount against another, for example costs against tax.

    「offset」這一義是一邊的錢或數量把另一邊的效果抵掉，最後差不多打平。常說 be offset by。offset A against tax 是報稅時用支出去抵稅。cancel out 很像；offset 更常講錢、成本、損失。

    示範例句 · Example

    The savings on staff pay were offset by higher repair costs.

    中文翻譯在員工薪水上的那些節省被更高的修理成本抵銷了。

    常見搭配

    • be offset by

      被…抵銷

      to have its effect cancelled by an opposite amount

      The pay savings were offset by higher repair costs.

    • offset costs / losses / expenses

      抵銷成本／損失／支出

      to cancel the effect of money going out with money coming in

      Higher ticket sales offset the extra costs.

    • offset something against tax

      用某筆支出抵稅

      to use a cost to reduce the tax you must pay

      He offset his travel costs against tax.

    • partly offset

      部分抵銷

      to cancel only some of the opposite amount

      Overseas sales partly offset the fall at home.

    意思相近

    cancel outbalancecounterbalanceneutralize

    用法接近

    compensatemake up for

  2. 2a/ˈɔːfset/ · /ˈɒfset/offset printing膠印的

    Relating to a method of printing in which ink is put onto rollers, and the paper then passes between the rollers.

    這一義的 offset 是印刷方法：油墨先上滾筒，紙再從滾筒中間過。台灣印刷業常說「膠印」或「平版印刷」。offset printing、offset litho 幾乎總是整組出現。跟「抵銷金額」那個動詞分開。

    常見搭配

    • offset printing

      膠印；平版印刷

      printing that puts ink on rollers, then on paper

      The posters were made by offset printing.

    • offset lithography

      平版膠印

      the full name of this roller printing method

      The book used offset lithography for the colour pages.

    • an offset press

      膠印機

      a machine that prints this way

      The file was sent to an offset press.

    • offset litho

      膠印（行話）

      short trade name for offset lithography

      The shop ran seven offset litho printers.

    用法接近

    lithographicprinted

  3. 3v/ˌɔːfˈset/ · /ˌɒfˈset/set off by contrast襯托

    To make something look better by being next to it and different from it.

    這一義是顏色或外形放在旁邊，把另一樣東西襯得更好看。His blond hair offset a deep tan＝金髮把深色皮膚襯出來。跟「抵銷成本」分開：這裡沒有錢，是畫面。可以想成旁邊那筆顏色把主體推亮。

    常見搭配

    • offset a tan / a colour

      襯托膚色／顏色

      to make a skin colour or a colour look better by contrast

      His blond hair offset a deep tan.

    • be offset by

      被…襯托

      to be made to look better by something different next to it

      The dark painting was offset by a white frame.

    • offset something with something

      用某物襯托某物

      to place a different colour or shape next to it so it looks better

      She offset the brown stew with a bright salad.

    用法接近

    highlightbring out

  4. 4v/ˌɔːfˈset/ · /ˌɒfˈset/carbon offset碳補償

    To balance the carbon an action puts into the air by supporting a project that takes in or avoids the same amount, so the action does not add extra carbon overall.

    這一義是用另一件減碳的事，把這次排進空氣的碳補回來。常說 offset carbon emissions。坐飛機後支持種樹或再生能源，就是這一義。跟「抵銷成本」同一條數學，只是這裡算的是碳，不是錢。

    常見搭配

    • offset carbon / carbon emissions

      補償碳排放

      to balance the carbon an action puts into the air

      They offset the carbon emissions from the flight.

    • offset your flight / trip

      補償這趟飛行／旅行的碳

      to balance the carbon from that journey

      You can offset your flight in two clicks.

    • carbon offset

      碳補償（方案／額度）

      a project or payment that balances carbon from an action

      The ticket price included a carbon offset.

    意思相近

    balanceneutralize

    用法接近

    compensatemake up for

原始詞典資料18 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

offsetnoun/ˈɒf.sɛt/

  • 1

    Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

    • Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
    • There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position.
  • 2

    A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

  • 3

    A time at which something begins; outset.

    • Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'
  • 4

    mediaprintingpublishingThe offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

    • offset lithographs
    • offset process
  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe difference between a target memory address and a base address.

    • An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
  • 6

    The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.

    • The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
  • 7

    The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

    • There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • 8

    geographynatural-sciencessurveyingA short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

  • 10

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesA short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

    • […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.
  • 11

    A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

  • 12

    architectureA horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.

  • 13

    architectureA terrace on a hillside.

offsetverb/ˈɒf.sɛt/

  • 1

    To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

    • I'll offset the time difference locally.
    • to offset one charge against another
  • 2

    To place out of line.

  • 3

    To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

offsetadv/ˈɒf.sɛt/

  • 1

    Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

    • Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control.
    • Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great director Richard Boleslawski.

offsetadj/ˈɒf.sɛt/

  • 1

    Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

    • By then, the cast had become good friends and spent all their offset time together.
    • This is the principal need for a stand-in. To allow the actor to reset their own performance in a space right offset; which may also include resetting wardrobe and makeup.

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