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

• Nevertheless, there is some concern that growing inflationary expectations might result in rising long-term interest rates, offsetting the benefits of the stimulus.
  不过，有些人担心，不断增长的通胀预期可能导致长期利率的上升，这样就抵消了刺激方案带来的正面效应。
• 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。
• As rates rise, banks should be able to increase profits, offsetting capital losses from falling bond prices.
  随着利率的上升，银行的利润应会增长，从而弥补国债价格下跌造成的资本损失。
• This means, instead of a single imbalance solved, we may now have two imbalances simply offsetting one another – one in currencies, and one in domestic demand.
  这意味着，现在我们不是解决了一项失衡，而是可能面临两种互相抵消的失衡，一个是汇率失衡，一个是内需失衡。
• They found ways of offsetting the shock.
  它们设法抵消了冲击。
• Offsetting the extremely high tuition are many opportunities for scholarships.
  不过领取奖学金的机会很多，这可以对极高的学费作些补偿。
• 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。
• 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。
• One area is sort of offsetting the other, so to speak.
  可以说，一项业务在一定程度上弥补了其它方面。
• 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？