Definition of offshore in English:

offshore

adverb & adjective ɒfˈʃɔːˈɒfʃɔː

1Situated at sea some distance from the shore.
近海的
as adjective offshore islands
as adverb we dropped anchor offshore
我们在近海区抛了锚。
Example sentencesExamples
- Bluehead wrasses live in tropical waters, often around coral reefs, as well as offshore reefs.
- Over the past week or so the fishing has remained very good out off the south end of Bowen Island, but anglers are finding the fish quite a distance offshore.
- A little island offshore houses monks and seals.
- Two Weddell seals lay on the beach and a leopard seal lurked just offshore.
- When you are 50 miles offshore and the electronics fail you can be killed.
- Aid agencies say the loss of 3,300 fishing trawlers, which also doubled as transport for tourists visiting offshore islands, affects tens of thousands of families.
- She was discovered two miles offshore, despite dense fog, by a surprised fisherman.
- Denmark has the world's two largest offshore wind parks and generates an estimated 15 percent of its power from wind turbines.
- If only they had chosen Golden Island five miles offshore it could all have been so different.
- Britain has the best untapped offshore wind resources in Europe - enough to meet its energy needs three times over.
- But a country's landmass often extends far offshore geologically, well beyond its coastline.
- Indeed, one of the province's main tourism attractions is the popular offshore snorkeling on Bunaken islands.
- Today, hotels are still scarce, but as many as 30 or 40 live-aboard boats are often moored offshore.
- Here the land slopes down to the sea, forming complicated estuaries with the towering mountains of Achill Island just offshore.
- In addition, there are several island groups offshore, notably the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands.
- As all land was already owned, there was no room for an expanding population, so new islands were established on sandbars a short distance offshore, where the air was cool and mosquito-free.
- We could be gone by the morning to some calypso coast - an island offshore where even the waves are dancing and where the fish most surely will be leaping.
- The developers have also built 300 islands, 4km offshore, in the shape of a map of the world.
- As long as Aboriginal people have been living near the Great Barrier Reef, they have traveled to offshore islands and reefs.
- A couple of miles offshore is Pigeon Island, breeding ground for the Blue Rock Pigeon.
1. 1.1 (of the wind) blowing towards the sea from the land.
  （风）由陆地吹向海洋的
  as adjective offshore winds
  as adverb weather forecasters say the cyclone should move offshore
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘It was warm with a wave height of around 1 to 1.5 metres and offshore winds that held the face of the wave up,’ he said.
  The swell built to 10 foot faces, and an offshore wind held up the waves, creating perfect conditions for getting barreled.
  People in the area at the time of the tragedy said an offshore wind had blown the inflatable away from the shore.
  The building is oriented to the southwest, and vertical arrays of solar panels protect the exterior courtyards from the brunt of offshore wind gusts.
  The surf was 4-5ft throughout the event, with light offshore winds on the final day.
  Horrified onlookers could only watch, as an offshore wind blew their flimsy dinghy vessel, into deeper water.
  Coastal currents, onshore and offshore winds, reefs, bays and the shape of the shoreline are some of the things sailors have to deal with in this zone.
  When we moved the boat closer, I could see the swell was really up with offshore winds.
  On the strip between the ocean and coastal mountains, offshore winds carry moisture-laden air which is dumped onto the land.
  At last, with the sun at their backs and a brisk offshore breeze speeding them along, their journey across the equatorial Atlantic had begun.
  When these photos were taken the surf was about 12 foot with a slight offshore breeze.
  When there are waves, what are the chances that we will get an offshore wind that does not actually blow the waves over?
  A strong offshore wind can tear away young ice all the way to the beach, leaving open water even when winter temperatures are low.
  The spray from the offshore wind was blowing over the backside.
  A 19-year-old friend of the family swam out to bring back the inflatable boat but struggled against the strong offshore breeze.
  If it must be wind then I'd prefer offshore wind far enough from the coastline that it is not visible from land.
  They can be taken quickly out from the beach in offshore wind and tidal conditions.
  Winds blowing offshore push water away from the shore.
  High offshore winds in the Coromandel area and plentiful mackerel near the coast may have been factors in that stranding, she was quoted as saying.
  The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore.
2. 1.2 Relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed.
  海底石油（或天然气）的开采的
  as adjective a safety regime for the offshore industry
  as adverb the trainees will eventually work offshore
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Santa Barbara spill, say environmentalists, turned California against offshore drilling.
  Caley had a reputation for reliability, versatility and innovation, primarily within the offshore and marine industries.
  The company makes hydraulic equipment such as winches and cranes, for the fishing and offshore industries.
  It is estimated that decommissioning activities will require up to 50,000 trained personnel, and will extend beyond the nuclear industry to chemical and offshore facilities as well.
  Bush has been a proponent of offshore drilling as a way to alleviate energy concerns.
  ‘We then turned our attention to the offshore oil-and-gas industry, a very difficult market to break into,’ said White.
  ‘I'd say about 90% of our revenues come from the offshore oil industry,’ he says.
  He owns pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, offshore oil drilling operations.
  The best outcome would be if the president did for California what he did for Florida, which got permanent protection from offshore oil drilling.
  Rhodri Thomas, Woodmac's North Sea oil expert, said the oil giants would still have a number of key roles in the UK's offshore industry.
  The birds may be fatally attracted to lighthouses, offshore drilling platforms, and the high-intensity lamps used by fishermen to lure squid to the surface.
  We had two such studies last week, one on the state of Scotland's financial services sector followed by a very upbeat reassessment of the prospects for our offshore oil and gas industry.
  But certain industries, including the offshore oil and gas industry, were given a five-year exemption to give them time to adapt to the changes.
  Williams, a self-made millionaire, has interests in the offshore oil industry, telecommunications and tourism.
  We built gravel islands for offshore oil rigs, ferried crews, and hauled prefabricated processing facilities up from the lower 48.
  Gregory bristles with pride when, for example, he says the world leading expert on the West African offshore industry is among their ranks.
  As well as large passenger vessels, he has also identified the offshore oil business and the cargo industry as likely targets.
  A minor oil spill has not marred what has been a successful offshore oil drilling operation at Dongara, according to the major stakeholder company.
  Another 4000 km pipeline is being built to bring offshore gas from Hainan Island to the southern and eastern coasts.
  He is a world leader in the manufacture of high quality lifting, mooring and access equipment for use in the offshore and marine industries.
2Made, situated, or registered abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation.
（尤指企业为减少纳税款、降低成本或避开严格的规章制度而）在外国制造、设厂或注册的
as adjective offshore accounts
海外账户上的存款。
Example sentencesExamples
- If offshore outsourcing is not the cause of sluggish job growth, what is?
- The crooks pay up on small claims until they have collected enough premiums to pad their offshore bank accounts.
- There are also problems with staffing levels, branch closures and jobs moving offshore.
- The decision to target the collection was taken when it was discovered that his other assets are registered offshore.
- As you pointed out, these are industries that go offshore.
- They are right that offshore outsourcing deserves attention and that some measures to assist affected workers are called for.
- Companies sent production offshore even as growth returned.
- We should bar the government from signing contracts with any corporation that has moved offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
- Unfortunately, there is more to trading offshore than just registering your company elsewhere.
- Most of their business was funnelled offshore to avoid high tax regimes.
- The first article looks at the effect that offshore outsourcing is having on medical transcription.
- The very best they can hope for is a multi-billion dollar industry going offshore.
- Most of the focus was on the traditional manufacturing jobs that were going offshore.
- Investors were asked to send money offshore but later had difficulties recovering their investments, the commission said.
- They want to save taxes through a complex scheme involving an offshore tax haven.
- Extensive use of offshore accounts has been uncovered during previous investigations by the Revenue.
- As more call centers move offshore, companies are starting to outsource the monitoring, too.
- The business of making offshore films in Canada continues to be a big - news item.
- The group believes the banks should take responsibility for advising the setting up bogus accounts and offshore trusts.
- A lot of corporates and individuals hold offshore accounts legitimately.
1. 2.1 Of or derived from a foreign country.
  （与）外国（有关）的；从外国得到的
  as adjective American offshore politics
  美国的对外政治事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Only 30 percent of the claimed investment had to come from offshore, meaning little foreign exchange would flow into the country.
  I see from the commentary that it relates to 6 years of income earned by foreign companies for offshore surveys for possible petroleum fields.
  The funds are believed to have been channelled to the Chavez camp through an offshore company on the island of Curacao.

verb ɒfˈʃɔːˈɒfʃɔː

[with object]

Move (some of a company's processes or services) overseas.
将（公司的部分加工或服务）转至海外
he predicts that 750,000 UK jobs will be offshored in the next 10 years
他预测未来10年英国将有750，000个就业岗位转移到海外。
Example sentencesExamples
- After her position was offshored, the systems analyst took on three jobs: as a cell phone customer-care rep, a department-store clerk, and a real-estate agent.
- As more service jobs are offshored, however, that surplus is shrinking rapidly too, declining from $90 billion to $60 billion over the past seven years.
- Students don't want to study computing anymore because all the jobs are being offshored.
- This is also having a chilling effect on students deciding whether to study these disciplines that can be easily offshored.
- Insiders fear much of this internal work is to be offshored to countries such as India as the telco seeks to cut overheads.
- In the US, figures are even higher with predictions of 3.3 million ‘non-farm jobs’ being offshored by 2015.
- When we do invent something, production is offshored and the UK operation consists of 50 highly paid designers and a few bean counters and marketing men.
- Support staff for the IT department such as procurement are also likely to be offshored.
- Germany is top job exporter in Europe - it has offshored $48.2bn worth of jobs since the trend began.
- That said, there are plenty of jobs where it makes sense for them to be offshored.
- Ironically, the story is about some workers whose jobs were offshored, who came up with the gimmick of selling themselves on eBay.
- The newspaper discovered that numerous UK mainframe support staff lost their jobs as a result of these actions and that IBM offshored the work to South Africa.
- Its remit was to study the issues affecting the UK call centre industry and its capability to respond to global pressures, particularly the issue of jobs being offshored.
- The firm offshores some GIS work to India, while programming activities are done for U.S. clients in Ukraine.
- More than a million and a half jobs have been offshored as multinational buccaneers move plants and assembly lines to countries whose workers are paid poverty wages.
- Our white-collar jobs are being offshored, and the possibility of lifetime employment is evaporating before our eyes.
- I'm pretty sure teachers can't be offshored, but if I start seeing big-screen TVs in my classes, I am going to be worried.
- Now that some of those jobs are being offshored, it's those markets that will be most affected by that activity.
- The workers warn that customers will suffer when support is offshored to Hungary or China.
- I'd know it's time for me to adjust and find a different job that can't easily be offshored.

Rhymes

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Definition of offshore in US English:

offshore

adverb & adjective

1Situated at sea some distance from the shore.
近海的
as adverb we dropped anchor offshore
我们在近海区抛了锚。
as adjective this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands
一批近海岛屿形成的屏障雄踞于这一段极长的海岸线之外。
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed, one of the province's main tourism attractions is the popular offshore snorkeling on Bunaken islands.
- Over the past week or so the fishing has remained very good out off the south end of Bowen Island, but anglers are finding the fish quite a distance offshore.
- Bluehead wrasses live in tropical waters, often around coral reefs, as well as offshore reefs.
- As long as Aboriginal people have been living near the Great Barrier Reef, they have traveled to offshore islands and reefs.
- Two Weddell seals lay on the beach and a leopard seal lurked just offshore.
- As all land was already owned, there was no room for an expanding population, so new islands were established on sandbars a short distance offshore, where the air was cool and mosquito-free.
- A couple of miles offshore is Pigeon Island, breeding ground for the Blue Rock Pigeon.
- Aid agencies say the loss of 3,300 fishing trawlers, which also doubled as transport for tourists visiting offshore islands, affects tens of thousands of families.
- Here the land slopes down to the sea, forming complicated estuaries with the towering mountains of Achill Island just offshore.
- A little island offshore houses monks and seals.
- If only they had chosen Golden Island five miles offshore it could all have been so different.
- The developers have also built 300 islands, 4km offshore, in the shape of a map of the world.
- When you are 50 miles offshore and the electronics fail you can be killed.
- She was discovered two miles offshore, despite dense fog, by a surprised fisherman.
- Today, hotels are still scarce, but as many as 30 or 40 live-aboard boats are often moored offshore.
- Denmark has the world's two largest offshore wind parks and generates an estimated 15 percent of its power from wind turbines.
- But a country's landmass often extends far offshore geologically, well beyond its coastline.
- In addition, there are several island groups offshore, notably the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands.
- We could be gone by the morning to some calypso coast - an island offshore where even the waves are dancing and where the fish most surely will be leaping.
- Britain has the best untapped offshore wind resources in Europe - enough to meet its energy needs three times over.
1. 1.1 (of the wind) blowing toward the sea from the land.
  （风）由陆地吹向海洋的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The swell built to 10 foot faces, and an offshore wind held up the waves, creating perfect conditions for getting barreled.
  The spray from the offshore wind was blowing over the backside.
  A strong offshore wind can tear away young ice all the way to the beach, leaving open water even when winter temperatures are low.
  People in the area at the time of the tragedy said an offshore wind had blown the inflatable away from the shore.
  If it must be wind then I'd prefer offshore wind far enough from the coastline that it is not visible from land.
  High offshore winds in the Coromandel area and plentiful mackerel near the coast may have been factors in that stranding, she was quoted as saying.
  A 19-year-old friend of the family swam out to bring back the inflatable boat but struggled against the strong offshore breeze.
  The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore.
  The building is oriented to the southwest, and vertical arrays of solar panels protect the exterior courtyards from the brunt of offshore wind gusts.
  When we moved the boat closer, I could see the swell was really up with offshore winds.
  ‘It was warm with a wave height of around 1 to 1.5 metres and offshore winds that held the face of the wave up,’ he said.
  On the strip between the ocean and coastal mountains, offshore winds carry moisture-laden air which is dumped onto the land.
  Coastal currents, onshore and offshore winds, reefs, bays and the shape of the shoreline are some of the things sailors have to deal with in this zone.
  When there are waves, what are the chances that we will get an offshore wind that does not actually blow the waves over?
  Horrified onlookers could only watch, as an offshore wind blew their flimsy dinghy vessel, into deeper water.
  At last, with the sun at their backs and a brisk offshore breeze speeding them along, their journey across the equatorial Atlantic had begun.
  They can be taken quickly out from the beach in offshore wind and tidal conditions.
  When these photos were taken the surf was about 12 foot with a slight offshore breeze.
  Winds blowing offshore push water away from the shore.
  The surf was 4-5ft throughout the event, with light offshore winds on the final day.
2. 1.2 Relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed.
  海底石油（或天然气）的开采的
  offshore drilling
  Example sentencesExamples
  We built gravel islands for offshore oil rigs, ferried crews, and hauled prefabricated processing facilities up from the lower 48.
  Rhodri Thomas, Woodmac's North Sea oil expert, said the oil giants would still have a number of key roles in the UK's offshore industry.
  It is estimated that decommissioning activities will require up to 50,000 trained personnel, and will extend beyond the nuclear industry to chemical and offshore facilities as well.
  Another 4000 km pipeline is being built to bring offshore gas from Hainan Island to the southern and eastern coasts.
  As well as large passenger vessels, he has also identified the offshore oil business and the cargo industry as likely targets.
  He is a world leader in the manufacture of high quality lifting, mooring and access equipment for use in the offshore and marine industries.
  We had two such studies last week, one on the state of Scotland's financial services sector followed by a very upbeat reassessment of the prospects for our offshore oil and gas industry.
  He owns pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, offshore oil drilling operations.
  Bush has been a proponent of offshore drilling as a way to alleviate energy concerns.
  The Santa Barbara spill, say environmentalists, turned California against offshore drilling.
  But certain industries, including the offshore oil and gas industry, were given a five-year exemption to give them time to adapt to the changes.
  The birds may be fatally attracted to lighthouses, offshore drilling platforms, and the high-intensity lamps used by fishermen to lure squid to the surface.
  Gregory bristles with pride when, for example, he says the world leading expert on the West African offshore industry is among their ranks.
  A minor oil spill has not marred what has been a successful offshore oil drilling operation at Dongara, according to the major stakeholder company.
  Williams, a self-made millionaire, has interests in the offshore oil industry, telecommunications and tourism.
  The company makes hydraulic equipment such as winches and cranes, for the fishing and offshore industries.
  Caley had a reputation for reliability, versatility and innovation, primarily within the offshore and marine industries.
  ‘I'd say about 90% of our revenues come from the offshore oil industry,’ he says.
  The best outcome would be if the president did for California what he did for Florida, which got permanent protection from offshore oil drilling.
  ‘We then turned our attention to the offshore oil-and-gas industry, a very difficult market to break into,’ said White.
2Made, situated, or conducting business abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower costs or less stringent regulation.
（尤指企业为减少纳税款、降低成本或避开严格的规章制度而）在外国制造、设厂或注册的
as adjective deposits in offshore accounts
海外账户上的存款。
Example sentencesExamples
- A lot of corporates and individuals hold offshore accounts legitimately.
- As more call centers move offshore, companies are starting to outsource the monitoring, too.
- Companies sent production offshore even as growth returned.
- The decision to target the collection was taken when it was discovered that his other assets are registered offshore.
- They want to save taxes through a complex scheme involving an offshore tax haven.
- The business of making offshore films in Canada continues to be a big - news item.
- They are right that offshore outsourcing deserves attention and that some measures to assist affected workers are called for.
- We should bar the government from signing contracts with any corporation that has moved offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
- Investors were asked to send money offshore but later had difficulties recovering their investments, the commission said.
- The very best they can hope for is a multi-billion dollar industry going offshore.
- If offshore outsourcing is not the cause of sluggish job growth, what is?
- The crooks pay up on small claims until they have collected enough premiums to pad their offshore bank accounts.
- Most of the focus was on the traditional manufacturing jobs that were going offshore.
- The first article looks at the effect that offshore outsourcing is having on medical transcription.
- Most of their business was funnelled offshore to avoid high tax regimes.
- There are also problems with staffing levels, branch closures and jobs moving offshore.
- Unfortunately, there is more to trading offshore than just registering your company elsewhere.
- The group believes the banks should take responsibility for advising the setting up bogus accounts and offshore trusts.
- Extensive use of offshore accounts has been uncovered during previous investigations by the Revenue.
- As you pointed out, these are industries that go offshore.
1. 2.1 Of or derived from a foreign country.
  （与）外国（有关）的；从外国得到的
  as adjective offshore politics
  美国的对外政治事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The funds are believed to have been channelled to the Chavez camp through an offshore company on the island of Curacao.
  Only 30 percent of the claimed investment had to come from offshore, meaning little foreign exchange would flow into the country.
  I see from the commentary that it relates to 6 years of income earned by foreign companies for offshore surveys for possible petroleum fields.

verb

[with object]

Relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower costs.
firms had offshored some activities by early 2004
Example sentencesExamples
- As more service jobs are offshored, however, that surplus is shrinking rapidly too, declining from $90 billion to $60 billion over the past seven years.
- Germany is top job exporter in Europe - it has offshored $48.2bn worth of jobs since the trend began.
- Ironically, the story is about some workers whose jobs were offshored, who came up with the gimmick of selling themselves on eBay.
- After her position was offshored, the systems analyst took on three jobs: as a cell phone customer-care rep, a department-store clerk, and a real-estate agent.
- I'm pretty sure teachers can't be offshored, but if I start seeing big-screen TVs in my classes, I am going to be worried.
- Insiders fear much of this internal work is to be offshored to countries such as India as the telco seeks to cut overheads.
- When we do invent something, production is offshored and the UK operation consists of 50 highly paid designers and a few bean counters and marketing men.
- This is also having a chilling effect on students deciding whether to study these disciplines that can be easily offshored.
- The newspaper discovered that numerous UK mainframe support staff lost their jobs as a result of these actions and that IBM offshored the work to South Africa.
- Students don't want to study computing anymore because all the jobs are being offshored.
- Its remit was to study the issues affecting the UK call centre industry and its capability to respond to global pressures, particularly the issue of jobs being offshored.
- That said, there are plenty of jobs where it makes sense for them to be offshored.
- Our white-collar jobs are being offshored, and the possibility of lifetime employment is evaporating before our eyes.
- In the US, figures are even higher with predictions of 3.3 million ‘non-farm jobs’ being offshored by 2015.
- The firm offshores some GIS work to India, while programming activities are done for U.S. clients in Ukraine.
- I'd know it's time for me to adjust and find a different job that can't easily be offshored.
- The workers warn that customers will suffer when support is offshored to Hungary or China.
- Support staff for the IT department such as procurement are also likely to be offshored.
- More than a million and a half jobs have been offshored as multinational buccaneers move plants and assembly lines to countries whose workers are paid poverty wages.
- Now that some of those jobs are being offshored, it's those markets that will be most affected by that activity.

词汇	offshore
释义	Definition of offshore in English: offshore adverb & adjective ɒfˈʃɔːˈɒfʃɔː 1Situated at sea some distance from the shore. 近海的 as adjective offshore islands as adverb we dropped anchor offshore 我们在近海区抛了锚。 Example sentencesExamples Bluehead wrasses live in tropical waters, often around coral reefs, as well as offshore reefs. Over the past week or so the fishing has remained very good out off the south end of Bowen Island, but anglers are finding the fish quite a distance offshore. A little island offshore houses monks and seals. Two Weddell seals lay on the beach and a leopard seal lurked just offshore. When you are 50 miles offshore and the electronics fail you can be killed. Aid agencies say the loss of 3,300 fishing trawlers, which also doubled as transport for tourists visiting offshore islands, affects tens of thousands of families. She was discovered two miles offshore, despite dense fog, by a surprised fisherman. Denmark has the world's two largest offshore wind parks and generates an estimated 15 percent of its power from wind turbines. If only they had chosen Golden Island five miles offshore it could all have been so different. Britain has the best untapped offshore wind resources in Europe - enough to meet its energy needs three times over. But a country's landmass often extends far offshore geologically, well beyond its coastline. Indeed, one of the province's main tourism attractions is the popular offshore snorkeling on Bunaken islands. Today, hotels are still scarce, but as many as 30 or 40 live-aboard boats are often moored offshore. Here the land slopes down to the sea, forming complicated estuaries with the towering mountains of Achill Island just offshore. In addition, there are several island groups offshore, notably the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands. As all land was already owned, there was no room for an expanding population, so new islands were established on sandbars a short distance offshore, where the air was cool and mosquito-free. We could be gone by the morning to some calypso coast - an island offshore where even the waves are dancing and where the fish most surely will be leaping. The developers have also built 300 islands, 4km offshore, in the shape of a map of the world. As long as Aboriginal people have been living near the Great Barrier Reef, they have traveled to offshore islands and reefs. A couple of miles offshore is Pigeon Island, breeding ground for the Blue Rock Pigeon. 1.1 (of the wind) blowing towards the sea from the land. （风）由陆地吹向海洋的 as adjective offshore winds as adverb weather forecasters say the cyclone should move offshore Example sentencesExamples ‘It was warm with a wave height of around 1 to 1.5 metres and offshore winds that held the face of the wave up,’ he said. The swell built to 10 foot faces, and an offshore wind held up the waves, creating perfect conditions for getting barreled. People in the area at the time of the tragedy said an offshore wind had blown the inflatable away from the shore. The building is oriented to the southwest, and vertical arrays of solar panels protect the exterior courtyards from the brunt of offshore wind gusts. The surf was 4-5ft throughout the event, with light offshore winds on the final day. Horrified onlookers could only watch, as an offshore wind blew their flimsy dinghy vessel, into deeper water. Coastal currents, onshore and offshore winds, reefs, bays and the shape of the shoreline are some of the things sailors have to deal with in this zone. When we moved the boat closer, I could see the swell was really up with offshore winds. On the strip between the ocean and coastal mountains, offshore winds carry moisture-laden air which is dumped onto the land. At last, with the sun at their backs and a brisk offshore breeze speeding them along, their journey across the equatorial Atlantic had begun. When these photos were taken the surf was about 12 foot with a slight offshore breeze. When there are waves, what are the chances that we will get an offshore wind that does not actually blow the waves over? A strong offshore wind can tear away young ice all the way to the beach, leaving open water even when winter temperatures are low. The spray from the offshore wind was blowing over the backside. A 19-year-old friend of the family swam out to bring back the inflatable boat but struggled against the strong offshore breeze. If it must be wind then I'd prefer offshore wind far enough from the coastline that it is not visible from land. They can be taken quickly out from the beach in offshore wind and tidal conditions. Winds blowing offshore push water away from the shore. High offshore winds in the Coromandel area and plentiful mackerel near the coast may have been factors in that stranding, she was quoted as saying. The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore. 1.2 Relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed. 海底石油（或天然气）的开采的 as adjective a safety regime for the offshore industry as adverb the trainees will eventually work offshore Example sentencesExamples The Santa Barbara spill, say environmentalists, turned California against offshore drilling. Caley had a reputation for reliability, versatility and innovation, primarily within the offshore and marine industries. The company makes hydraulic equipment such as winches and cranes, for the fishing and offshore industries. It is estimated that decommissioning activities will require up to 50,000 trained personnel, and will extend beyond the nuclear industry to chemical and offshore facilities as well. Bush has been a proponent of offshore drilling as a way to alleviate energy concerns. ‘We then turned our attention to the offshore oil-and-gas industry, a very difficult market to break into,’ said White. ‘I'd say about 90% of our revenues come from the offshore oil industry,’ he says. He owns pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, offshore oil drilling operations. The best outcome would be if the president did for California what he did for Florida, which got permanent protection from offshore oil drilling. Rhodri Thomas, Woodmac's North Sea oil expert, said the oil giants would still have a number of key roles in the UK's offshore industry. The birds may be fatally attracted to lighthouses, offshore drilling platforms, and the high-intensity lamps used by fishermen to lure squid to the surface. We had two such studies last week, one on the state of Scotland's financial services sector followed by a very upbeat reassessment of the prospects for our offshore oil and gas industry. But certain industries, including the offshore oil and gas industry, were given a five-year exemption to give them time to adapt to the changes. Williams, a self-made millionaire, has interests in the offshore oil industry, telecommunications and tourism. We built gravel islands for offshore oil rigs, ferried crews, and hauled prefabricated processing facilities up from the lower 48. Gregory bristles with pride when, for example, he says the world leading expert on the West African offshore industry is among their ranks. As well as large passenger vessels, he has also identified the offshore oil business and the cargo industry as likely targets. A minor oil spill has not marred what has been a successful offshore oil drilling operation at Dongara, according to the major stakeholder company. Another 4000 km pipeline is being built to bring offshore gas from Hainan Island to the southern and eastern coasts. He is a world leader in the manufacture of high quality lifting, mooring and access equipment for use in the offshore and marine industries. 2Made, situated, or registered abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation. （尤指企业为减少纳税款、降低成本或避开严格的规章制度而）在外国制造、设厂或注册的 as adjective offshore accounts 海外账户上的存款。 Example sentencesExamples If offshore outsourcing is not the cause of sluggish job growth, what is? The crooks pay up on small claims until they have collected enough premiums to pad their offshore bank accounts. There are also problems with staffing levels, branch closures and jobs moving offshore. The decision to target the collection was taken when it was discovered that his other assets are registered offshore. As you pointed out, these are industries that go offshore. They are right that offshore outsourcing deserves attention and that some measures to assist affected workers are called for. Companies sent production offshore even as growth returned. We should bar the government from signing contracts with any corporation that has moved offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes. Unfortunately, there is more to trading offshore than just registering your company elsewhere. Most of their business was funnelled offshore to avoid high tax regimes. The first article looks at the effect that offshore outsourcing is having on medical transcription. The very best they can hope for is a multi-billion dollar industry going offshore. Most of the focus was on the traditional manufacturing jobs that were going offshore. Investors were asked to send money offshore but later had difficulties recovering their investments, the commission said. They want to save taxes through a complex scheme involving an offshore tax haven. Extensive use of offshore accounts has been uncovered during previous investigations by the Revenue. As more call centers move offshore, companies are starting to outsource the monitoring, too. The business of making offshore films in Canada continues to be a big - news item. The group believes the banks should take responsibility for advising the setting up bogus accounts and offshore trusts. A lot of corporates and individuals hold offshore accounts legitimately. 2.1 Of or derived from a foreign country. （与）外国（有关）的；从外国得到的 as adjective American offshore politics 美国的对外政治事务。 Example sentencesExamples Only 30 percent of the claimed investment had to come from offshore, meaning little foreign exchange would flow into the country. I see from the commentary that it relates to 6 years of income earned by foreign companies for offshore surveys for possible petroleum fields. The funds are believed to have been channelled to the Chavez camp through an offshore company on the island of Curacao. verb ɒfˈʃɔːˈɒfʃɔː [with object] Move (some of a company's processes or services) overseas. 将（公司的部分加工或服务）转至海外 he predicts that 750,000 UK jobs will be offshored in the next 10 years 他预测未来10年英国将有750，000个就业岗位转移到海外。 Example sentencesExamples After her position was offshored, the systems analyst took on three jobs: as a cell phone customer-care rep, a department-store clerk, and a real-estate agent. As more service jobs are offshored, however, that surplus is shrinking rapidly too, declining from $90 billion to $60 billion over the past seven years. Students don't want to study computing anymore because all the jobs are being offshored. This is also having a chilling effect on students deciding whether to study these disciplines that can be easily offshored. Insiders fear much of this internal work is to be offshored to countries such as India as the telco seeks to cut overheads. In the US, figures are even higher with predictions of 3.3 million ‘non-farm jobs’ being offshored by 2015. When we do invent something, production is offshored and the UK operation consists of 50 highly paid designers and a few bean counters and marketing men. Support staff for the IT department such as procurement are also likely to be offshored. Germany is top job exporter in Europe - it has offshored $48.2bn worth of jobs since the trend began. That said, there are plenty of jobs where it makes sense for them to be offshored. Ironically, the story is about some workers whose jobs were offshored, who came up with the gimmick of selling themselves on eBay. The newspaper discovered that numerous UK mainframe support staff lost their jobs as a result of these actions and that IBM offshored the work to South Africa. Its remit was to study the issues affecting the UK call centre industry and its capability to respond to global pressures, particularly the issue of jobs being offshored. The firm offshores some GIS work to India, while programming activities are done for U.S. clients in Ukraine. More than a million and a half jobs have been offshored as multinational buccaneers move plants and assembly lines to countries whose workers are paid poverty wages. Our white-collar jobs are being offshored, and the possibility of lifetime employment is evaporating before our eyes. I'm pretty sure teachers can't be offshored, but if I start seeing big-screen TVs in my classes, I am going to be worried. Now that some of those jobs are being offshored, it's those markets that will be most affected by that activity. The workers warn that customers will suffer when support is offshored to Hungary or China. I'd know it's time for me to adjust and find a different job that can't easily be offshored. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your Definition of offshore in US English: offshore adverb & adjective 1Situated at sea some distance from the shore. 近海的 as adverb we dropped anchor offshore 我们在近海区抛了锚。 as adjective this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands 一批近海岛屿形成的屏障雄踞于这一段极长的海岸线之外。 Example sentencesExamples Indeed, one of the province's main tourism attractions is the popular offshore snorkeling on Bunaken islands. Over the past week or so the fishing has remained very good out off the south end of Bowen Island, but anglers are finding the fish quite a distance offshore. Bluehead wrasses live in tropical waters, often around coral reefs, as well as offshore reefs. As long as Aboriginal people have been living near the Great Barrier Reef, they have traveled to offshore islands and reefs. Two Weddell seals lay on the beach and a leopard seal lurked just offshore. As all land was already owned, there was no room for an expanding population, so new islands were established on sandbars a short distance offshore, where the air was cool and mosquito-free. A couple of miles offshore is Pigeon Island, breeding ground for the Blue Rock Pigeon. Aid agencies say the loss of 3,300 fishing trawlers, which also doubled as transport for tourists visiting offshore islands, affects tens of thousands of families. Here the land slopes down to the sea, forming complicated estuaries with the towering mountains of Achill Island just offshore. A little island offshore houses monks and seals. If only they had chosen Golden Island five miles offshore it could all have been so different. The developers have also built 300 islands, 4km offshore, in the shape of a map of the world. When you are 50 miles offshore and the electronics fail you can be killed. She was discovered two miles offshore, despite dense fog, by a surprised fisherman. Today, hotels are still scarce, but as many as 30 or 40 live-aboard boats are often moored offshore. Denmark has the world's two largest offshore wind parks and generates an estimated 15 percent of its power from wind turbines. But a country's landmass often extends far offshore geologically, well beyond its coastline. In addition, there are several island groups offshore, notably the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands. We could be gone by the morning to some calypso coast - an island offshore where even the waves are dancing and where the fish most surely will be leaping. Britain has the best untapped offshore wind resources in Europe - enough to meet its energy needs three times over. 1.1 (of the wind) blowing toward the sea from the land. （风）由陆地吹向海洋的 Example sentencesExamples The swell built to 10 foot faces, and an offshore wind held up the waves, creating perfect conditions for getting barreled. The spray from the offshore wind was blowing over the backside. A strong offshore wind can tear away young ice all the way to the beach, leaving open water even when winter temperatures are low. People in the area at the time of the tragedy said an offshore wind had blown the inflatable away from the shore. If it must be wind then I'd prefer offshore wind far enough from the coastline that it is not visible from land. High offshore winds in the Coromandel area and plentiful mackerel near the coast may have been factors in that stranding, she was quoted as saying. A 19-year-old friend of the family swam out to bring back the inflatable boat but struggled against the strong offshore breeze. The offshore wind catches the sail on which the main sheet appears to be cleated, and the boat capsizes across the shore. The building is oriented to the southwest, and vertical arrays of solar panels protect the exterior courtyards from the brunt of offshore wind gusts. When we moved the boat closer, I could see the swell was really up with offshore winds. ‘It was warm with a wave height of around 1 to 1.5 metres and offshore winds that held the face of the wave up,’ he said. On the strip between the ocean and coastal mountains, offshore winds carry moisture-laden air which is dumped onto the land. Coastal currents, onshore and offshore winds, reefs, bays and the shape of the shoreline are some of the things sailors have to deal with in this zone. When there are waves, what are the chances that we will get an offshore wind that does not actually blow the waves over? Horrified onlookers could only watch, as an offshore wind blew their flimsy dinghy vessel, into deeper water. At last, with the sun at their backs and a brisk offshore breeze speeding them along, their journey across the equatorial Atlantic had begun. They can be taken quickly out from the beach in offshore wind and tidal conditions. When these photos were taken the surf was about 12 foot with a slight offshore breeze. Winds blowing offshore push water away from the shore. The surf was 4-5ft throughout the event, with light offshore winds on the final day. 1.2 Relating to the business of extracting oil or gas from the seabed. 海底石油（或天然气）的开采的 offshore drilling Example sentencesExamples We built gravel islands for offshore oil rigs, ferried crews, and hauled prefabricated processing facilities up from the lower 48. Rhodri Thomas, Woodmac's North Sea oil expert, said the oil giants would still have a number of key roles in the UK's offshore industry. It is estimated that decommissioning activities will require up to 50,000 trained personnel, and will extend beyond the nuclear industry to chemical and offshore facilities as well. Another 4000 km pipeline is being built to bring offshore gas from Hainan Island to the southern and eastern coasts. As well as large passenger vessels, he has also identified the offshore oil business and the cargo industry as likely targets. He is a world leader in the manufacture of high quality lifting, mooring and access equipment for use in the offshore and marine industries. We had two such studies last week, one on the state of Scotland's financial services sector followed by a very upbeat reassessment of the prospects for our offshore oil and gas industry. He owns pharmaceutical companies, defense contractors, offshore oil drilling operations. Bush has been a proponent of offshore drilling as a way to alleviate energy concerns. The Santa Barbara spill, say environmentalists, turned California against offshore drilling. But certain industries, including the offshore oil and gas industry, were given a five-year exemption to give them time to adapt to the changes. The birds may be fatally attracted to lighthouses, offshore drilling platforms, and the high-intensity lamps used by fishermen to lure squid to the surface. Gregory bristles with pride when, for example, he says the world leading expert on the West African offshore industry is among their ranks. A minor oil spill has not marred what has been a successful offshore oil drilling operation at Dongara, according to the major stakeholder company. Williams, a self-made millionaire, has interests in the offshore oil industry, telecommunications and tourism. The company makes hydraulic equipment such as winches and cranes, for the fishing and offshore industries. Caley had a reputation for reliability, versatility and innovation, primarily within the offshore and marine industries. ‘I'd say about 90% of our revenues come from the offshore oil industry,’ he says. The best outcome would be if the president did for California what he did for Florida, which got permanent protection from offshore oil drilling. ‘We then turned our attention to the offshore oil-and-gas industry, a very difficult market to break into,’ said White. 2Made, situated, or conducting business abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower costs or less stringent regulation. （尤指企业为减少纳税款、降低成本或避开严格的规章制度而）在外国制造、设厂或注册的 as adjective deposits in offshore accounts 海外账户上的存款。 Example sentencesExamples A lot of corporates and individuals hold offshore accounts legitimately. As more call centers move offshore, companies are starting to outsource the monitoring, too. Companies sent production offshore even as growth returned. The decision to target the collection was taken when it was discovered that his other assets are registered offshore. They want to save taxes through a complex scheme involving an offshore tax haven. The business of making offshore films in Canada continues to be a big - news item. They are right that offshore outsourcing deserves attention and that some measures to assist affected workers are called for. We should bar the government from signing contracts with any corporation that has moved offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes. Investors were asked to send money offshore but later had difficulties recovering their investments, the commission said. The very best they can hope for is a multi-billion dollar industry going offshore. If offshore outsourcing is not the cause of sluggish job growth, what is? The crooks pay up on small claims until they have collected enough premiums to pad their offshore bank accounts. Most of the focus was on the traditional manufacturing jobs that were going offshore. The first article looks at the effect that offshore outsourcing is having on medical transcription. Most of their business was funnelled offshore to avoid high tax regimes. There are also problems with staffing levels, branch closures and jobs moving offshore. Unfortunately, there is more to trading offshore than just registering your company elsewhere. The group believes the banks should take responsibility for advising the setting up bogus accounts and offshore trusts. Extensive use of offshore accounts has been uncovered during previous investigations by the Revenue. As you pointed out, these are industries that go offshore. 2.1 Of or derived from a foreign country. （与）外国（有关）的；从外国得到的 as adjective offshore politics 美国的对外政治事务。 Example sentencesExamples The funds are believed to have been channelled to the Chavez camp through an offshore company on the island of Curacao. Only 30 percent of the claimed investment had to come from offshore, meaning little foreign exchange would flow into the country. I see from the commentary that it relates to 6 years of income earned by foreign companies for offshore surveys for possible petroleum fields. verb [with object] Relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower costs. firms had offshored some activities by early 2004 Example sentencesExamples As more service jobs are offshored, however, that surplus is shrinking rapidly too, declining from $90 billion to $60 billion over the past seven years. Germany is top job exporter in Europe - it has offshored $48.2bn worth of jobs since the trend began. Ironically, the story is about some workers whose jobs were offshored, who came up with the gimmick of selling themselves on eBay. After her position was offshored, the systems analyst took on three jobs: as a cell phone customer-care rep, a department-store clerk, and a real-estate agent. I'm pretty sure teachers can't be offshored, but if I start seeing big-screen TVs in my classes, I am going to be worried. Insiders fear much of this internal work is to be offshored to countries such as India as the telco seeks to cut overheads. When we do invent something, production is offshored and the UK operation consists of 50 highly paid designers and a few bean counters and marketing men. This is also having a chilling effect on students deciding whether to study these disciplines that can be easily offshored. The newspaper discovered that numerous UK mainframe support staff lost their jobs as a result of these actions and that IBM offshored the work to South Africa. Students don't want to study computing anymore because all the jobs are being offshored. Its remit was to study the issues affecting the UK call centre industry and its capability to respond to global pressures, particularly the issue of jobs being offshored. That said, there are plenty of jobs where it makes sense for them to be offshored. Our white-collar jobs are being offshored, and the possibility of lifetime employment is evaporating before our eyes. In the US, figures are even higher with predictions of 3.3 million ‘non-farm jobs’ being offshored by 2015. The firm offshores some GIS work to India, while programming activities are done for U.S. clients in Ukraine. I'd know it's time for me to adjust and find a different job that can't easily be offshored. The workers warn that customers will suffer when support is offshored to Hungary or China. Support staff for the IT department such as procurement are also likely to be offshored. More than a million and a half jobs have been offshored as multinational buccaneers move plants and assembly lines to countries whose workers are paid poverty wages. Now that some of those jobs are being offshored, it's those markets that will be most affected by that activity.
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