• n. 抵消，補償；平版印刷；支管
• vt. 抵消；彌補；用平版印刷術(shù)印刷
• vi. 裝支管

off,離開，set,建立，開始。其原義為出發(fā)，后用于指抵消，補償。

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.

1. The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.

結(jié)婚人數(shù)的減少由于同居人數(shù)的增加而得以彌補。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.

為補償原料成本的增加而提高了價格。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.

國內(nèi)需求放緩和出口增長互相抵消了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.

他們增加的工資會被物價上漲所抵消.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. They jump their prices to offset heavy expenditures.

他們提高物價來抵銷龐大的開支.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》