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单词 offshoring
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Definition of offshoring in English:

offshoring

noun ɒfˈʃɔːrɪŋɑfˈʃɔrɪŋ
mass noun
  • The practice of basing some of a company's processes or services overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still, offshoring can test the management skills of some startups.
    • They have reacted with a mixture of dismay and anger to the spate of legislative activity aimed at banning overseas outsourcing or offshoring of government contracts.
    • The TAA program should be expanded to cover individuals dislocated by offshoring in service industries or in public employment.
    • He expects this outsourcing and offshoring to increase and insists both practices will benefit the US economy in the long run.
    • For tech workers, at least, the threat of offshoring is also a strong motivator.
    • Here's where the accelerated practice of offshoring creates a new and prodigious challenge.
    • It is time to expand this program to workers who lose service jobs to offshoring.
    • The end result of corporate adjustments to offshoring is a boost in Ryla's revenues, which are expected to hit $7 million in fiscal 2004.
    • The airline has figured out how to cut costs and still avoid offshoring.
    • The first great offshoring of service jobs occurred when back-office work and call centers went to Northern Ireland over a decade ago.
    • But this country's response to offshoring cannot be protectionism - although protecting a few jobs in certain places will be necessary.
    • Talk of offshoring can get them hot under the collar.
    • To date, 35 state legislatures have drafted bills addressing offshoring and 161 state laws restricting or banning offshoring have been proposed.
    • But does this policy solution also make sense vis-à-vis the challenges posed by offshoring of service employment?
    • Those losses are caused as much, or more, by productivity gains from automation than from so-called offshoring.
    • Indeed, offshoring - sending work overseas - isn't always all it's made out to be.
    • For many multinationals, in fact, offshoring can be a public-relations nightmare at both ends of the pipeline.
    • In this regard, offshoring is likely to show up more in the compensation trends of our domestic workers in affected sectors than in their employment trends.
    • Despite the discouraging outlook, many black-owned businesses are proving that offshoring does not spell the end of contracting as we know it.
    • Further benefits are derived from offshoring through the ability of US corporations to deliver their services back to the USA more cheaply.

Origin

1980s: from offshore + -ing1.

 
 

Definition of offshoring in US English:

offshoring

nounɑfˈʃɔrɪŋäfˈSHôriNG
  • The practice of basing some of a company's processes or services overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They have reacted with a mixture of dismay and anger to the spate of legislative activity aimed at banning overseas outsourcing or offshoring of government contracts.
    • Talk of offshoring can get them hot under the collar.
    • Further benefits are derived from offshoring through the ability of US corporations to deliver their services back to the USA more cheaply.
    • It is time to expand this program to workers who lose service jobs to offshoring.
    • Indeed, offshoring - sending work overseas - isn't always all it's made out to be.
    • The end result of corporate adjustments to offshoring is a boost in Ryla's revenues, which are expected to hit $7 million in fiscal 2004.
    • But does this policy solution also make sense vis-à-vis the challenges posed by offshoring of service employment?
    • The first great offshoring of service jobs occurred when back-office work and call centers went to Northern Ireland over a decade ago.
    • To date, 35 state legislatures have drafted bills addressing offshoring and 161 state laws restricting or banning offshoring have been proposed.
    • Here's where the accelerated practice of offshoring creates a new and prodigious challenge.
    • For many multinationals, in fact, offshoring can be a public-relations nightmare at both ends of the pipeline.
    • He expects this outsourcing and offshoring to increase and insists both practices will benefit the US economy in the long run.
    • But this country's response to offshoring cannot be protectionism - although protecting a few jobs in certain places will be necessary.
    • Still, offshoring can test the management skills of some startups.
    • The TAA program should be expanded to cover individuals dislocated by offshoring in service industries or in public employment.
    • The airline has figured out how to cut costs and still avoid offshoring.
    • For tech workers, at least, the threat of offshoring is also a strong motivator.
    • Those losses are caused as much, or more, by productivity gains from automation than from so-called offshoring.
    • Despite the discouraging outlook, many black-owned businesses are proving that offshoring does not spell the end of contracting as we know it.
    • In this regard, offshoring is likely to show up more in the compensation trends of our domestic workers in affected sectors than in their employment trends.

Origin

1980s: from offshore + -ing.

 
 
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