offsetting

英 [ˈɒfsetɪŋ]

美 [ˈɔːfsetɪŋ]

v.  抵消; 弥补; 补偿
offset的现在分词

现在分词：offsetting　

BNC.35627 / COCA.28325

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

• This massive shift would surely have caused a huge depression if the government had been unwilling to run offsetting fiscal deficits.
  若不是政府愿意运行与之抵消的财政赤字，这种巨大的转变必然会导致严重萧条。
• Fair enough, but where are the offsetting adjustments to occur?
  这话没错，但要在哪里进行抵消性的调整呢？
• Offsetting current-account-surplus countries now include several developing countries such as China and oil exporters.
  而与之相对的经常项目盈余国家如今包括几个发展中国家，例如中国和石油出口国。
• The big increase suggests that demand for commodities from emerging economies such as China remains strong, offsetting the US slowdown and fuelling fears that global inflation will continue to rise in the near-term.
  此次铁矿石大幅涨价表明，中国等新兴经济体对大宗商品的需求仍然强劲，抵消了美国经济放缓的影响，并加剧了全球通胀水平近期将继续攀升的担忧。
• Overall, the mark encourages dialogue and interaction, which is fundamental to what offsetting is all about.
  总的来说，这个标记鼓励对话和相互作用，这是基本的，什么是怎么回事。
• Yet this simple arithmetic ignores an offsetting effect: diminishing marginal returns.
  然而，这种简单的算法忽略了一种抵消效应：边际收益递减。
• They found ways of offsetting the shock.
  它们设法抵消了冲击。
• Mutually offsetting entries in accounts, two entries which cancel each other out.
  互相冲消的帐项帐目中两个互相抵消的帐项。
• This will damp growth, offsetting the boost from lower oil prices.
  这将阻碍增长，抵消油价下跌的提振。
• At Nokia, we are reducing the amount we travel and have introduced offsetting for essential journeys.
  在诺基亚，我们减少的金额，我们的旅行，并推出抵销了必要的行程。