Offset expenditure
[经] 抵销开支
🧩 词语组成解析
offset
[,ɔf'sɛt]
vt. 抵消;补偿;（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）;为（管道等）装支管;
vi. 形成分支，长出分枝;装支管;
n. 开端;出发;平版印刷;抵消，补偿;
adj. 分支的;偏（离中）心的;抵消的;开端的;
off离开 + set =fix，表示“安置好” → n.分支，抵销 vt.抵销
🗣️ 情景例句
Mr. Stewart …
Stewart先生……
In college I majored in philosophy, What was your major?
大学时我主修哲学，你主修什么呢？
If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of 'college'imaginable.
如果我们的教育制度仿效没有书籍的古代教育，我们的学院将具有可以想像得出的最民主的形式了。