offshoots

英 [ˈɒfʃuːts]

美 [ˈɔfˌʃuts]

n.  分支; (尤指)分支机构; 蘗枝; 分枝
offshoot的复数

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%。

双语例句

• There are a myriad new distressed investing funds, some started as offshoots of the biggest private equity groups and hedge funds, all trying to make a fortune in distressed debt at a time when it is difficult to make significant returns on much else.
  现在涌现出了大量的问题资产投资基金，其中有些是大型私人股本集团和对冲基金设立的分支机构。在这个很难从其它领域获得可观收益的时期，它们都试图借不良债务生财。
• Washington supporting Israel and the Kremlin sponsoring enemy regimes and their terrorist offshoots.
  美国支持的以色列以及克林姆林宫支持的反美武装。
• World of Warcraft has caught people's imagination and this has led to a variety of creative offshoots.
  恶搞引起了人们的想象，这也导致了各种创意的分支机构。
• In the 1980s, as hip-hop became more popular, new offshoots developed.
  80年代，随着嘻哈风更加盛行，新的流派发展起来。
• Thanks to where they were, Europe and its North American offshoots had plants and animals that were easy to domesticate, a low burden of disease, and natural resources that supported industrialisation.
  由于它们（得天独厚）的地理位置，欧洲和它的美国分支拥有易于驯养和栽培的动植物、较轻的疾病负担以及有利于工业化的自然资源。
• Brazil's ports tend to be run as offshoots of the civil service rather than as private companies, with all the problems that entails.
  巴西的港口倾向于作为公共服务的一部分而不是私人公司来运营，所有的问题便由此而生。
• If Osama bin Laden is the mastermind of a terrorist network, he has spawned vigorous offshoots.
  如果奥斯马？本？拉登是恐怖网络的策划者，他已经在各地建立了许多活动猖撅的分支机构。
• The latter are obvious next-generation offshoots of traditional company and industry Web sites.
  后者明显成为了传统公司和行业网站的下一代新兴产物。
• The large organization has offshoots all over Europe.
  这一大型组织的分支机构遍布欧洲。
• Many groups of settlers came in order to have their own particular form of religion, and a number of offshoots of European churches are represented in America.
  许多移民团体是为了保持他们自己的特殊宗教信仰而来的，这样就使欧洲许多教派的分支在美国都有了代表。