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 new Freedom and Justice Party, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the1979 treaty should be "revised".
  新自由公平党作为穆斯林兄弟会中别树一帜的团体，在发言中称戴维营条约如今需要“修改”。
• 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。
• When last seen in his own film Captain America: The First Avenger ( 2011), Captain America, also known as US Army officer Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans), had just dispatched the evil Nazi offshoot Hydra, only to then be frozen in ice.
  在2011年上映的前作《美国队长》中，外号美国队长的美国军官史蒂夫罗杰斯（克里斯埃文斯饰）阻止了邪恶的纳粹党九头蛇军团，但是本人也因此被冰封。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Felix, though an offshoot from a far more recent point in the devolution of theology than his father, was less self-sacrificing and disinterested.
  在神学的发展变化中，虽然费利克斯和他的父亲相比是更新的一支的产物，但是却缺少了父亲的牺牲精神，多了自私自利的特点。
• Afrikaans is an offshoot of dutch.
  南非荷兰语是荷兰语的一个分支。
• There are some beneath the Aegean Sea, and some beneath an offshoot of the Atlantic, and some beneath the Arctic, for the world had a different shape.
  有些在爱琴海底，有些在大西洋中，有些在北极之下，因为世界的面貌早已改变。