offstand

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Offset; restitution. uncountable
    — […] but there is partially in a few instances where the person has two-thirds of the away-going crop, and where he has that two-thirds, generally their agreement is that they do not pay any offstand; they have it clear.
动词 v.
  1. To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist. transitive
    — Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction.
  2. To offset; compensate for; make restitution for. transitive
    — To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions.

词形变化

offstands present,singular,third-person offstanding participle,present offstood participle,past offstood past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”).
词源 2
From Middle English ofstonden, from Old English ofstandan (“to remain, persist, continue; restore, make restitution”), from Proto-Germanic *afstandaną, *afstāną, equivalent to off- + stand. Cognate with Dutch afstaan (“to cede, yield, relinquish”), German abstehen (“to project, stick out, stand away”), Swedish avstå (“to refrain, desist, give up, relinquish”).
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