offset

相殺する、埋め合わせる

利益をもたらすことで、費用や損失、不利な点の影響を減らす。

やさしい英語で： To balance a cost, loss, or disadvantage by providing a benefit that reduces its effect.

• The savings offset the cost.
• Higher sales have offset our earlier losses.
• Can the extra income offset the increase in rent?

使い方： offset something against something (You may offset these expenses against your income.); be offset by something (Higher rent was offset by lower heating bills.)

類義語： counterbalance, compensate for, balance out

よく使う表現： offset the cost, offset losses, offset carbon emissions

相殺する、埋め合わせる

逆の効果を持つものを加えて、あるものの影響を減らす。

やさしい英語で： To reduce the effect of something by adding something with an opposite effect.

• The savings offset the extra cost.
• Higher wages have offset rising food prices.
• Can we offset these losses with future profits?

使い方： offset something with something (We offset the higher rent with savings on travel.)

類義語： counterbalance, compensate for

よく使う表現： offset the cost, offset something with something

対比させる、引き立てる

違うものを組み合わせて差を際立たせ、特に見た目をよくする。

やさしい英語で： To place things together so their differences are clear, especially to make something look more attractive.

• White flowers offset the dark leaves.
• Her simple dress was offset by bright jewellery.
• The artist offset warm colours against a cool background.

使い方： offset something against something (The designer offset bright cushions against a dark sofa.); be offset by something (The plain walls were offset by colourful paintings.)

類義語： contrast, set off

よく使う表現： offset something against something, offset by something, offset a colour

埋め合わせ、相殺

損失や費用、不利な点を、同程度の利益で補うもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that balances a loss, cost, or disadvantage by providing a matching benefit.

• The discount provides an offset to delivery costs.
• They bought carbon offsets for their flights.
• Higher sales offered a partial offset to rising expenses.

使い方： an offset to something (The savings provided an offset to the higher rent.)

類義語： counterbalance, compensation

よく使う表現： carbon offset, offset to something, provide an offset, partial offset

ずれ、オフセット

実際の位置と、基準となる位置との間の距離。

やさしい英語で： The distance between something's actual position and another position it is measured against.

• The two lines have a small offset.
• We measured the vertical offset between the panels.
• Adjust the offset until the images line up.

使い方： an offset between A and B (There is a small offset between the two lines.); an offset of an amount (The diagram shows an offset of five millimetres.)

類義語： displacement, shift

よく使う表現： horizontal offset, vertical offset, offset between something

オフセット印刷

版のインクをゴムに移し、そこから紙に写す印刷方法。

やさしい英語で： A printing method that moves ink from a plate to rubber, then onto paper.

• The printer uses offset for large orders.
• These brochures were printed by offset.
• Offset produces clear images on many types of paper.

類義語： offset printing, offset lithography

よく使う表現： offset printing, offset press, print by offset

オフセット、変位

コンピューターのメモリー内の位置と、基準の開始位置との差。

やさしい英語で： The difference between a location in computer memory and a starting location used to find it.

• The offset is eight bytes.
• Add the offset to the base address.
• Each array element has a different offset in memory.

使い方： an offset from something (The value is stored at an offset from the base address.)

類義語： address displacement

よく使う表現： byte offset, memory offset, offset from something

オフセット印刷物

版からゴム、ゴムから紙へとインクを移して印刷した画像。

やさしい英語で： An image made by transferring ink from a plate to rubber and then onto paper.

• The gallery displayed a colour offset.
• She bought an offset of the original painting.
• These offsets reproduce the artist's drawings in fine detail.

類義語： offset print

よく使う表現： colour offset, an offset print, an offset image