offshoot

英 [ˈɒfʃuːt]

美 [ˈɔːfʃuːt]

n.  分支; (尤指)分支机构; 蘗枝; 分枝

复数：offshoots　

Collins.1 / BNC.15029 / COCA.17418

牛津词典

noun

• 分支；（尤指）分支机构
  a thing that develops from sth, especially a small organization that develops from a larger one
• 蘗枝；分枝
  a new stem that grows on a plant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 分支；衍生物
  If one thing is anoffshootof another, it has developed from that other thing.
  1. Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy...
     心理学最初是自然哲学一个纯粹的学术分支。
  2. Firstdirect, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.
     米特兰银行的分支机构，“第一自助”电话银行，将维萨卡的年利率降至22.2%。

英英释义

noun

• a natural consequence of development
  Synonym:outgrowthbranchoffset

双语例句

• The offshoot is that the discipline of estimation is failing to keep pace with the growing complexity of projects, tools, and techniques.
  还有一个问题是随着项目、工具和技术的复杂度的增长，评估方法无法跟上它们的发展。
• The new Freedom and Justice Party, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the1979 treaty should be "revised".
  新自由公平党作为穆斯林兄弟会中别树一帜的团体，在发言中称戴维营条约如今需要“修改”。
• The first Christians were known as the Nazoreans ( not to be confused with Nazarenes), and the Ebionites were a direct offshoot from them.
  最初的基督徒称为Nazoreans（注意不要与Nazarenes混淆），Ebionites即是他们的支脉。
• Chronologically, RABS emerged more or less as an offshoot of efforts to implement isolator technology in the mid-1990s.
  按年份上看，在1990年中期，RABS或多或少出现了作为一个分支来努力应用隔离器技术。
• A more useful offshoot of absolute purchasing power parity is relative purchasing power parity.
  该理论有个更实用的概念，那就是相对购买力平价。
• Meanwhile, government public relation as an offshoot also has tighter relations with public policy.
  同时，作为分支体系的政府公关则与公共政策联系更为密切。
• Felix, though an offshoot from a far more recent point in the devolution of theology than his father, was less self-sacrificing and disinterested.
  在神学的发展变化中，虽然费利克斯和他的父亲相比是更新的一支的产物，但是却缺少了父亲的牺牲精神，多了自私自利的特点。
• The Gulf is a shal-low offshoot of the Indian ocean.
  波斯湾是从印度洋延伸出来的一个浅水湾。
• Firstdirect, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.
  米特兰银行的分支机构，“第一自助”电话银行，将维萨卡的年利率降至22.2%。
• When last seen in his own film Captain America: The First Avenger ( 2011), Captain America, also known as US Army officer Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans), had just dispatched the evil Nazi offshoot Hydra, only to then be frozen in ice.
  在2011年上映的前作《美国队长》中，外号美国队长的美国军官史蒂夫罗杰斯（克里斯埃文斯饰）阻止了邪恶的纳粹党九头蛇军团，但是本人也因此被冰封。