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单词 offshore
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offshoreadjective, adverb

uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/

away from or at a distance from the coast:

offshore engineering
an offshore breeze
The wind was blowing offshore.

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Coasts & beaches

  • beached
  • beachfront
  • coast
  • flat
  • hinterland
  • lido
  • mudflat
  • onshore
  • promenade
  • reef
  • riviera
  • rock pool
  • sabkha
  • sand
  • seafront
  • shallow
  • the seashore
  • the waterside
  • tide pool
  • waterfront

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Terms for location & direction used at sea

offshoreadjective

uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/

(of companies and banks) based in a different country with different tax rules that cost less money:

offshore banking/funds
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onshore

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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation

  • Afro
  • citizenship
  • compatriot
  • countrywide
  • homegrown
  • homeland
  • internation
  • land
  • mother country
  • motherland
  • nation-state
  • national
  • nationwide
  • soil
  • South Sudan
  • state
  • state-controlled
  • statehood
  • stateless
  • subject

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Business - general words

offshoreverb [ I or T ]

uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/

to base a business or part of a business in a different country, usually because this is cheaper:

American companies have been offshoring for decades.
The shoe factory has been offshored to Mexico.
offshoring
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɒfˈʃɔː.rɪŋ/us/ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr.ɪŋ/

Initiatives to restrict offshoring have been defeated.
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