offstand

词形变化

offstanding offstands 三单 offstands offstood offstanding 现在分词 offstood 过去式 offstood 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Offset; restitution.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.

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  2. 2.

    To offset; compensate for; make restitution for.

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    To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions.

    Smith paid seven thousand pounds for the copyright, though it was not a financial success ; George Eliot, in fact, afterward gave a short story, "Brother Jacob," to offstand the publisher's loss.

词源

From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”).

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