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 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。
• A number of anti-gay Facebook users have expressed outrage at the new symbols, proposing a boycott on the page of One Million Moms-an anti-gay offshoot of the American Family Association.
  不少反同性恋的Facebook用户对该组新图标的出现表示愤慨，他们在美国家庭联盟的一个反同性恋分支组织OneMillionMoms（OMM）的主页上提出要抵制这一切。
• 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。
• Afrikaans is an offshoot of dutch.
  南非荷兰语是荷兰语的一个分支。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• There was fire in her and throughout her; she seemed the unpremeditated offshoot of a passionate moment.
  她浑身上下有一团火，向四下发散着，象是在激情时刻不期而孕的一个子嗣。
• 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。
• 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。