offshore

adjective

/ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/

/ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/

[usually before noun]

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happening or existing in the sea, not far from the land海上的；近海的
- offshore drilling近海钻探
- an offshore island近海岛屿
compare onshore (1)Topics Transport by waterc1, Geographyc1
(of winds风) blowing from the land towards the sea向海的；离岸的
- offshore breezes习习陆风
compare onshore (2)
(business商业) (of money, companies, etc.资金、公司等) kept or located in a foreign country that has more generous tax laws than the home country设在海外（尤指税制较宽松的国家）的；投放国外的；离岸的
- offshore investments境外投资
Topics Moneyc2

verb

/ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/

/ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they offshore	/ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/
he / she / it offshores	/ˌɒfˈʃɔːz/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːrz/
past simple offshored	/ˌɒfˈʃɔːd/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːrd/
past participle offshored	/ˌɒfˈʃɔːd/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːrd/
-ing form offshoring	/ˌɒfˈʃɔːrɪŋ/ /ˌɔːfˈʃɔːrɪŋ/

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offshore something (of a company公司) to arrange for people in another country to do work for it安排另一个国家的人为其工作
- Thousands of these jobs have been offshored.成千上万个这样的工作已经被转移到海外。

adverb

/ˌɒfˈʃɔː(r)/

/ˌɔːfˈʃɔːr/

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in the sea, not far from the land在离陆地不远的海里
- a ship anchored offshore一艘泊在海上的船
compare inshore, onshore (1)
if the wind is blowing offshore, it is blowing from the land towards the sea从陆地吹向海洋 compare onshore (2)
(business商业) in a foreign country that has more generous tax laws than the home country在一个税法比本国更宽松的外国
- profits earned offshore境外赢利