用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The gains offset the losses.得失相当。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。

offset, balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail
参见compensate条。

offset也可用作可数名词,意思是“补偿,抵消”“分支,旁支”。例如:
In football, his speed and cleverness were an offset to his small size.他踢足球时的速度和机灵弥补了他身材矮小的缺陷。
This is an offset of a railroad.这是条铁路支线。

［同义词］   balance out, compensate