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词汇 offshore
释义 offshore
adjective, adverb
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/ us /ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/
away from or at a distance from the coast: 在海上的;近海的;离岸的
offshore engineering近海工程
an offshore breeze习习陆风
The wind was blowing offshore.风吹向海面。
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onshore
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Coasts & beaches
barrier reef
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
beachfront
esplanade
frontage
groin
low-lying
riviera
sand
shingly
shore
strand
swash
the Amalfi Coast
the seashore
the seaside
tide pool
tombolo

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Terms for location & direction used at sea
offshore
adjective
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/ us /ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/
(of companies and banks) based in a different country with different tax rules that cost less money: (公司或银行)境外的,海外的
offshore banking/funds境外银行业务/基金
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
birthright citizenship
body politic
BRICS
citizen
compatriot
cross-border
cross-national
denaturalize
domestic
dual
fatherland
internationalism
native
naturalization
naturalize
non-country
non-domestic
non-indigenous
non-national
stateless

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Business - general words
offshore
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/ us /ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/
to base a business or part of a business in a different country, usually because this is cheaper: 离岸(经营)
American companies have been offshoring for decades.美国公司几十年来一直在离岸经营。
The shoe factory has been offshored to Mexico.鞋厂已搬到墨西哥离岸经营。
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Places and locations
anatopism
coign of vantage
core
crime scene
deliver something to someone/somewhere
direction
hill
locus
madding
makerspace
Mecca
multi-location
retroperitoneal
retroperitoneally
scene
situation
spot
station
stronghold
subsite

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Business - general words
Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere

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offshoring

offshore | American Dictionary


offshore
adjective, adverb
us/ˈɔfˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr/
away from or at a distance from the land:
an offshore oil rig
Offshore businesses, banks, or accounts are located in an island country or a country away from your own country.

offshore | Business English


offshore
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us
FINANCE
used to describe companies or investments that are based in a country that is not the home country and that has lower tax, weaker laws, etc.:
an offshore bank/company/investment
ECONOMICS, HR, WORKPLACE
used to describe the business activities of a company that happen in a different country to the one where the company is based, where costs may be lower:
The subject of offshore jobs is one of the most politically charged this year.
PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES
connected to the production of oil and gas at a distance from the land or under the sea:
offshore reserves of oil
Drilling offshore oil is still profitable.

offshore


adverb
The company had no alternative but to move offshore .

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onshore
offshore
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us
ECONOMICS, HR, WORKPLACE
to have work done in another country, often because costs are lower there:
Product design is relatively difficult to offshore.

Examples of offshore


offshore
I agree that there is a tendency to go for the dramatic headline rather than to probe the behind-the-scenes working of the offshores supplies office.
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We are all familiar with on-shore breezes at the seaside on a warm day, and off-shore breezes at night.
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Traditional labor-intensive industries are steadily being moved off-shore and replaced with more capital- and technology-intensive industries.
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In addition to woodlands there are wide open spaces, green fields, scrub, marsh, water and numerous off-shore islands.
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A number of off-shore islands can be seen from the beach.
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She opposes the expansion of oil production and has voted against building new refineries, off-shore drilling, and subsidies for oil and gas exploration.
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A detective enters the plot to tell them that the male conspirator had already transferred the money to an off-shore account and one girl panics.
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A sudden change of the weather could drive them off-shore.
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The season focuses on the survivors splitting into two groups, after making contact with a freighter off-shore.
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The shark spends most of its time in the upper layer of the ocean -- to a depth of 150m ft -- and prefers off-shore, deep-ocean areas.
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The tenders were designed to provide logistics support (fuel, fresh water, and food) to manned off-shore lighthouses.
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All mainland industries pay taxes but the offshore oil industry is exempted.
Off-shore habitats are used by seals, waterfowl, loons, grebes, cormorants, and alcids.
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Tourist attractions include a surfing beach and an off-shore reef supporting sea grasses and sponges - a favourite haunt of divers.
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About 11:15 pm the rear fuselage came to the surface a short distance off-shore.
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