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

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🔊/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（公司的）离岸外包业务，外包国外业务
- Thousands of these jobs have been offshored.这些工作中有数千个已经离岸。

adverb

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in the sea, not far from the land海上的；近海的
- 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 向海的；离岸的compare onshore (2)
(business商业) 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
- profits earned offshore境外赢利