offsets

英 [ˈɒfsets]

美 [ˈɔːfsets]

v.  抵消; 弥补; 补偿
offset的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

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。


• VERB 抵消；补偿
  If one thingis offsetby another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Let Firebug be your eyes and it will measure and illustrate all the offsets, margins, borders, padding, and sizes for you.
  萤火虫是让你的眼睛，将测量和说明所有的偏移量，利润率，边界，填充，和大小适合您。
• The leverage provided by more-powerful languages offsets the scariness of their advanced features.
  功能强大的语言的影响优势抵消了对其先进功能的恐惧。
• Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another.
  通过抵消重量或者力量的方法使得均衡。
• These arguments point to offsets in a string table.
  这些参数指向了一个字符串表中的偏移量。
• A component that offsets an error or other undesired effect.
  一种用于弥补（或抵销）某种差错或其它不希望出现的效应的元（器）件。
• Note that the subproblem() method does not copy the elements; it merely copies the array reference and offsets into an existing data structure.
  注意subproblem（）方法没有复制这些元素；它只是将数组引用和偏移复制到一个现有的数据结构中。
• But what are to be the offsets?
  但要拿什么来抵消呢？
• Logical records: The columns in a table are accessed through column names, not record offsets.
  逻辑记录：表中的列是通过列名而非记录偏移量来访问的。
• You can always purchase offsets to compensate the planet.
  可是你总能够通过购买弥补品来补偿地球。
• One explanation could be that the private capital outflow from Asia offsets the current account surplus.
  一种解释便是，亚洲私人资本流出抵消了经常帐户盈余。