Offset guilty by merit
[法] 立功赎罪
🧩 词语组成解析
offset
[,ɔf'sɛt]
vt. 抵消;补偿;（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）;为（管道等）装支管;
vi. 形成分支，长出分枝;装支管;
n. 开端;出发;平版印刷;抵消，补偿;
adj. 分支的;偏（离中）心的;抵消的;开端的;
off离开 + set =fix，表示“安置好” → n.分支，抵销 vt.抵销
by
[baɪ]
prep. 在…旁边;表示方式;由于;经过;
adv. 经过;表示保留或保存时用;短暂拜访;
merit
['mɛrɪt]
n. 价值，优点;[宗教]（行善得到的）功德;功绩，功勋;荣誉;
vt. 值得，应获得;[宗教]（因行善而）应得（善报）;
vi. 值得，应得;[宗教]积德;
🗣️ 情景例句
Why was she working anyway? She's rich.
真弄不懂她当初为什么要工作。她是有钱人呀。
It is one thing to speak much and another to speak pertinently.
话讲得多是一回事，讲得恰当是另一回事。
Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。