| 单词 | offshoot |
| 释义 | offshoot noun[C] uk/ˈɒf.ʃuːt/us/ˈɑːf.ʃuːt/something that hasdevelopedfrom somethinglargerthat alreadyexisted: 分支；分支机构It's an offshootofa muchlargercompanybasedin Sydney.这是总部设在悉尼的一家规模更大的公司的分支机构。 Synonym outgrowth Outcomes and consequences
offshoot| American Dictionaryoffshoot noun[C] us/ˈɔfˌʃut/something that hasdevelopedfrom somethinglargerthat alreadyexisted: Cybercafesare just thelatestoffshoot of theInternetcraze. offshoot| Business Englishoffshoot noun[C] uk/ˈɒfʃuːt/usWORKPLACE acompanyoractivitythat hasdevelopedfrom one that alreadyexisted: The company'sinternetoffshoot is already makingenormousprofits. Examplesofoffshootoffshoot Agents began as anoffshootof artificial intelligence research. From theCambridge English Corpus This biomass increment, however, only accounts for the largest, and generally oldest, rosette and the investment in offshoots differed strongly. From theCambridge English Corpus The earliest mutual improvement societies were often offshoots of a church or chapel, and sought to combine intellectual achievement with particular and specific moral values. From theCambridge English Corpus Oneoffshootwas a greater care for records. From theCambridge English Corpus Anotheroffshootis that some nonhuman beings do have rights that are based on their dignity. From theCambridge English Corpus Which is why minimalism and its offshoots have been so successful. From theCambridge English Corpus These offshoots were generally small (<5 cm) and developed following the same annual pattern. From theCambridge English Corpus The other, polycarpic, species divert resources to several offshoots during growth and prior to the production of the first inflorescence. From theCambridge English Corpus A virilocal connection is present too, although it is not anoffshootof the household head's lineage. From theCambridge English Corpus An importantoffshootof the shape grammar research is graph grammar research. From theCambridge English Corpus One interestingoffshootof this approach is the possibility of combined mapping types. From theCambridge English Corpus Savings rules, as anoffshootof green accounting, are likely to provide useful measures of sustainable development. From theCambridge English Corpus An interestingoffshootof the efficiency wage literature helps answer some of these questions. From theCambridge English Corpus At the end of the experiment each plant and its offshoots were drip dried for at least 30 min before being weighed. From theCambridge English Corpus It is unlikely that readers trained in the analytical tradition or one of its offshoots will find many of the entries relevant to their concerns. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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