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

• 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。
• The Funiu Mountains are an offshoot of the Qinling Mountain range.
  伏牛山是秦岭的支脉。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, we want to spend a bit more time on star schema optimizer support, which is an offshoot of XPS.
  然而，我们需要花点时间在星型模式优化器支持上，这是XPS的一个分支。
• 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。