释义 |
nearshore /ˈnɪəʃɔː /adjective1Relating to or denoting the region of the sea or seabed relatively close to a shore: volunteers monitor humpback whales in nearshore waters corals are essential to the nearshore ecosystem...- The Kelvin wave, the dominant component of the internal wave field, was responsible for alongshore velocities in the nearshore regions.
- The nearshore habitat of this region is characterized by numerous bays and passages with shallow shelf habitat
- This site has yielded a relatively well-preserved and diverse nearshore marine vertebrate fauna consisting of sharks, rays, bony fishes, reptiles, and whales.
2Relating to the transfer of a business operation to a nearby country: nearshore IT services we set up a nearshore operation in Poland...- The global delivery options would include both nearshore and offshore activities and by 2005, India would be in the driver's seat.
- As US high-tech firms lost jobs to offshore companies in Asia, some Canadian firms offered themselves as nearshore alternatives.
- The company is an integrator of advanced software solutions, with experience in implementing nearshore IT projects.
verb [with object](Of a company) transfer (a business operation) to a nearby country, especially in preference to a more distant location: many capital market firms are starting to nearshore their operations...- 58% of respondents said that for production that has either already been nearshored or is being considered for nearshoring, they have reduced their total "landed cost" by up to 20%.
- Dr Andrijasevic led the research into conditions at three nearshored factories in Turkey and the Czech Republic run by a Taiwanese electronics maker.
- Are US-based nearshored outsourcing centers cost competitive with India?
|