off-yearn.

Brit.

/ˈɒfjɪə/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˌjɪ(ə)r/,

/ˈɑfˌjɪ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: off adj., year n.

Etymology: < off adj. + year n.

1. U.S. Politics. A year in which there is no important election; spec. one in which there is a Congressional election but no Presidential election. Frequently attributive, esp. in off-year election(s).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > year of no presidential election in U.S.

off-year1870

1870 Punchinello 26 Nov. 135/2 If, as the Tribune says, this is an ‘off year’ with the Republicans, shouldn't they be satisfied with an 'Offman for Governor?

1873 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Oct. 2/3 For an off-year in politics, the Democrats at Utica managed yesterday to make a very lively time for themselves in their Convention.

1873 B. A. Hinsdale Let. 17 Oct. in Garfield-Hinsdale Lett. (1949) 247 About one half is lost because it is the ‘off year’ in politics.

1906 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Nov. 4 In this off-year election.

1972 Times 27 Dec. 5/7 Soon after he succeeded to the Presidency the Republicans, in the off-year elections of 1946, won both Houses of Congress.

1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 20/5 Already, thoughtful observers are tagging the off-year elections of 1994 as the ones in which the incoming Republican tide will manifest itself most dramatically.

2001 Nation 26 Nov. 5/1 Eight years after Republicans swept off-year contests.., Democrats pretty much reversed the trend.

a. A year in which there is little activity or achievement in a particular sphere, or in which productivity or profit is diminished or non-existent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [noun] > unproductive year

off-year1875

1875 Galaxy Sept. 411/1 The present is presumably an ‘off-year’ for intemperate forms of the temperance cause.

1876 Atlantic Monthly June 701/1 Whose towering top was heavy, even in an off-year for apples, with a mass of young fruit.

1885 Harper's Mag. Aug. 419/2 The present was an ‘off year’ on railroad construction.

1966 Listener 3 Mar. 300/2 It was the orthodox deflationary package that was to be expected in an off-year for the British balance of payments.

1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) iii. 35 Alternate bearing occurs in many perennial crops; during the ‘on-year’ very many small fruits are set whose development exhausts the tree. In one or more subsequent ‘off-years’ there is little or no harvest.

1991 Wine Summer 19/1 It's..very difficult to make good wines in off years.

b. A year in which a person is not on his or her usual form.

ΚΠ

1990 Sporting News Baseball Yearbk. Mar. 19/3 In a season when virtually every other Mets hitter had an off year, Johnson carried the club.

1996 Washington Post 1 Apr. d2/2 After suffering (for him) an off year in the 1995 contest, when he won fourth place in enterprise reporting and honorable mention in column writing, Albom returned to form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-year
释义	off-yearn. Brit. /ˈɒfjɪə/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌjɪ(ə)r/, /ˈɑfˌjɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: off adj., year n. Etymology: < off adj. + year n. 1. U.S. Politics. A year in which there is no important election; spec. one in which there is a Congressional election but no Presidential election. Frequently attributive, esp. in off-year election(s). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > year of no presidential election in U.S. off-year1870 1870 Punchinello 26 Nov. 135/2 If, as the Tribune says, this is an ‘off year’ with the Republicans, shouldn't they be satisfied with an 'Offman for Governor? 1873 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Oct. 2/3 For an off-year in politics, the Democrats at Utica managed yesterday to make a very lively time for themselves in their Convention. 1873 B. A. Hinsdale Let. 17 Oct. in Garfield-Hinsdale Lett. (1949) 247 About one half is lost because it is the ‘off year’ in politics. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Nov. 4 In this off-year election. 1972 Times 27 Dec. 5/7 Soon after he succeeded to the Presidency the Republicans, in the off-year elections of 1946, won both Houses of Congress. 1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 20/5 Already, thoughtful observers are tagging the off-year elections of 1994 as the ones in which the incoming Republican tide will manifest itself most dramatically. 2001 Nation 26 Nov. 5/1 Eight years after Republicans swept off-year contests.., Democrats pretty much reversed the trend. 2. a. A year in which there is little activity or achievement in a particular sphere, or in which productivity or profit is diminished or non-existent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > unproductive year off-year1875 1875 Galaxy Sept. 411/1 The present is presumably an ‘off-year’ for intemperate forms of the temperance cause. 1876 Atlantic Monthly June 701/1 Whose towering top was heavy, even in an off-year for apples, with a mass of young fruit. 1885 Harper's Mag. Aug. 419/2 The present was an ‘off year’ on railroad construction. 1966 Listener 3 Mar. 300/2 It was the orthodox deflationary package that was to be expected in an off-year for the British balance of payments. 1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) iii. 35 Alternate bearing occurs in many perennial crops; during the ‘on-year’ very many small fruits are set whose development exhausts the tree. In one or more subsequent ‘off-years’ there is little or no harvest. 1991 Wine Summer 19/1 It's..very difficult to make good wines in off years. b. A year in which a person is not on his or her usual form. ΚΠ 1990 Sporting News Baseball Yearbk. Mar. 19/3 In a season when virtually every other Mets hitter had an off year, Johnson carried the club. 1996 Washington Post 1 Apr. d2/2 After suffering (for him) an off year in the 1995 contest, when he won fourth place in enterprise reporting and honorable mention in column writing, Albom returned to form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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