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

• An unknown offshoot of Fatah, calling itself the "Awda Brigades" claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for the violent Hamas takeover of Gaza a year ago.
  法塔赫一个不太知名的自称为“阿瓦达旅”的分支组织声称对这次袭击负责，并且表示这是对哈马斯使用暴力手段在一年前占领加沙地带进行的报复。
• The additional security needs are an offshoot of application-specific cloud characteristics, therefore this can be implemented without impacting the rest of the functionality and code.
  额外的安全性需求是与应用程序相关的云特征的一种分支，因此它可以在不影响其余功能和代码的前提下实现。
• An unexpected offshoot of my research
  从我研究工作中所得的意想不到的产物
• The overseas edition of the People's Daily is a smaller offshoot of the domestic edition.
  人民日报的海外版是国内版的一个小分支。
• In fact, one offshoot of the universe has already become reality.
  实际上，这个世界中提到的一点已经变成了现实。
• Huabao International, a Chinese tobacco flavouring supplier, suspended trading of its shares after an offshoot of Anonymous, the hacker group, used a research report to attack the business and its billionaire chairwoman.
  黑客组织匿名（Anonymous）旗下的一个部门利用一份研究报告，对中国烟用香精供应商华宝国际（HuabaoInternational）及其亿万富翁女主席发起攻击，随后华宝国际的股票停牌。
• 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。
• In Tehran, the ideology of the president and his allies is increasingly being denounced as that of a sect – a heretical offshoot of Shia Islam dubbed by some the deviant current.
  在德黑兰，内贾德及其盟友的思想日益被某些反潮流人士指责为什叶派穆斯林异端分支的宗教邪说。
• Sharding, an offshoot of database partitioning, isn't a native database technique& it happens at the level of the application.
  切分是数据库分区的一个分支，但是它不是本地数据库技术&切分发生在应用程序级别。
• As an offshoot of the same, IAF redrew its operational plans and objectives were redefined in tune with the changed modus-operandi and directions.
  作为这个计划的一个衍生物，印度空军重新规划了他的行动计划，而且目标被重新定义，以与改变的方法和方向同调。