offset
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If one thing is offset by another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out. 抵消
The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity. 工資成本的增加遠(yuǎn)非更高的生產(chǎn)率所能抵消的。
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offset /??f?s?t/ (offsetting,offsets)
劍橋詞典
- to balance one influence against an opposing influence , so that there is no great difference as a result
補(bǔ)償；抵消；彌補(bǔ)
The extra cost of travelling to work is offset by the lower price of houses here. 這里低廉的房價(jià)抵消了因上班路途遠(yuǎn)而產(chǎn)生的額外費(fèi)用。
UK He keeps his petrol receipts because petrol is one of the expenses that he can offset against tax (= can show to the government as being a business cost , and so not pay tax ). 他保留著他的汽油費(fèi)收據(jù)，因?yàn)槠唾M(fèi)是可以抵扣稅款的一項(xiàng)開支。
environment
to pay for things that will reduce carbon dioxide in order to reduce the damage caused by carbon dioxide that you produce
支付具有減排作用的東西，以彌補(bǔ)之前的排放所造成的損害
We offset all our long-haul flights . 我們補(bǔ)償了之前長途運(yùn)輸機(jī)的排放所帶來的損害。 返回 offset