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| 詞匯 | set |
| 釋義 | set2 /set; set/ vt, vi (-tt-, pt, pp set) (For special uses with adverbial particles and preps, 19 below.) (與副詞接語及介詞連用之特殊用法，參看下列第 19 義。) 1 [VP2A] (of the sun, moon, stars) go down below the horizon: (指太陽、月亮、星星)降落于地平線下; 沉入： It will be cooler when the sun has/is sef 日落之后，天就會涼爽些。 His star has set, (fig) The time of his power, greatness, etc is over. (喻)他的好運已過。 2 [VP14] set sth to sth, move or place sth so that it is near to or touching sth else: 移動或放置(某物)致使與他物接近或接崩： seta glass to one's lips/one's lips to a glass. 將玻璃杯貼近嘴唇(將勇唇貼近玻璃杯)。 set the axe to, cut down (a tree): (fig) start to destroy (sth).砍倒 (樹); (喻)著手摧毀(某物)。 set fire/a match/ (a) light to sth, cause it to begin burning. 使某物開始燃燒。 set pen to paper, begin to write, 開始寫。 set one's seal to sth; set the seal on sth, authorize or confirm it. 批準(zhǔn); 認可。 set one's shoulder to the wheel, → shoulder. 3 [VP22, 16A] cause (sb/sth) to be in, or reach, a specified state or relation. 使(某人或某物)處于或達到某種特殊的狀態(tài)或關(guān)系。 set sb/sth at defiance/ naught/nought, cdefiance; nought, set sb at his ease, make him feel free from embarrassment, feel comfortable, etc. 使某人安逸; 使某人心 、情放鷺; 使某人舒坦。 set sb/sth on his/its feet, a help him to get to his feet after a fall. 扶某人站起(如跌倒后)。 b help sb/sth to gain strength, financial stability, etc: 使某人(某事物)獲得力量、盈濟安定等： Foreign aid set the country on its feet after the war. 外援使該國戰(zhàn)后經(jīng)濟穩(wěn)定。 set sth on fire, set fire to sth) cause it to begin burning. 點火燃某物。 tnot/,never tset the 'Thames on fire, not/never do/be anything wonderful, extraordinary. 不會(決不會)做出驚人之事; 不會(決不會)成為杰出的人物; 不會(決不會)有很大的出息。 set sb free/at liberty, free (prisoners, etc). 釋放(囚犯等)。 sat people at loggerheads/ variance, cause them to argue and dispute. 唆使人們爭辯; 使人們不和。 set sth in order, arrange, organize (ones papers, affairs, etc) properly. 整理 (個人的文件、事物等 )o ,SBt one's ('own) 'house in order, (fig) order one's own affairs, one's own life (before criticizing others), 管好百己的事; 自身先站得穩(wěn)(再批評別人)。 set sbls mind at ease/ rest; set sb's doubts/fears/mind at rest, help him to be free from worry, free him from anxiety. 使某人安心; 使某人放心。 set sbls teeth on edge, jar his nerves: 使某人心神不安： That noise sets my teeth on edge. 和吵金使我不安。 set sb right, a correct his errors; put him on the right road. 改正某人的錯誤; 引導(dǎo)某人走向正確的方向。( b) cause him to feel well and fit again. 使某人康復(fù)。 set sth right/to rights, correct, remedy (faults, grievances). 改正或彌補錯誤。 set sb on his way, (old use) go part of the way with him (when he starts out on foot). (K 用法)陪某人走一段路; 送某人一程(當(dāng)其徒步出發(fā)時)。 be all set (for sth/to do sth), be quite ready (for the start of a race, etc). 準(zhǔn)備妥當(dāng)(開始賽跑、賽馬等)。 be set on doing sth, be determined to do it: 決心做某事： My Uncle Ernest is set on swimming the English Channel. 我叔叔歐尼斯特決心游過英吉利海峽。 4 [VP19B] cause sb/sth to begin to do sth: 使某人(某物)開始做某事(發(fā)生作用)： IVs time we set the machinery going, start operations. 是我們發(fā)動機器的時候了。 What has set the dog barking? 什么東西使那只狗叫起來？ The news set me thinking. 那消息使我陷入沉思。 My jokes set everyone laughing. 我的笑話使每個人大笑。 'Blow, bugles, blow, set the wild echoes flying!' ' 轡起來, 號角，寥起來，讓激昂的回聲在空中震漏 ! ' 5 [VP6A, 15A] . (usu with an adv or adv phrase; 19 below for combinations of set and adverbial particles with special meanings) put, place, lay, stand: (通常與副詞或副詞片語連用; 參看下列第 19 義，set 與副詞接語連用而形成具有特殊意義的片語)置; 放; 擱; 豎： She set the dishes on the table. 她把碟子放在桌上。 We set food and drink before the travellers. 我扃把食物和飲料放在旅客面前。 He set the stake in the ground. 他豎樁于地上。 6 [VP6A, 14, 12C] set (for), put forward as (material to be dealt with as a task, a pattern, etc): 提出; 規(guī)定(工作，作業(yè)等); 出(題目等)： The teacher set the children a difficult problem, gave them one to be solved. 該師給孩字們出了一個難題。 I have set myself a difficult task. 我為自己安排了一件困雄的工作。 Who will set the papers for the examination, draw up the examination questions? 這次考試命題？ What books have been set for the Cambridge Certificate next year, What books are to be studied? 下一年劍橋大學(xué)檢定考試規(guī)定念那些書？ Hence, 由此產(chǎn)生， ,set 'book, book on which examinations are to be given. 考試用書。 set (sb) a (good) example. offer a good standard for others to follow: 為 (某人)樹立(好)榜樣： You should set the younger boys a good example. 你應(yīng)該為較年幼的男孩子樹立好的榜樣。 set the fashion, start a fashion to be copied by others. 開風(fēng)氣之先。 set the pace, fix it by leading (in a race, etc); (fig) fix a standard for an activity, style of living, etc: 領(lǐng)先定步調(diào)(在賽跑等中); (喻)立下活動、生活方式等之榜樣： The Joneses set the pace and their neighbours try to keep up with them. 瓊斯一家人立下榜樣, 他們的鄰居都想向他們看齊。 set the stroke, (rowing) fix the number of strokes per minute. (劃船)定下每分鐘劃槳的次數(shù)。 7 [VP17A] set (sb/oneself) to do sth, give sth (to sb/oneself) as a task: 支使、派遣、規(guī)定(某人或自己)做某事： He set the farm labourer to chop wood. 他派遣農(nóng)場工人去砍木材。 I set myself to study the problem. 我決定研究這問題。 I've set myself (= have resolved) to finish the job by the end of May. 我決心于五月底以前完成那工作。 ,Set a .thief to 'catch a thief, (prov) Use illegal methods to uncover illegal actions. (諺)以毒攻毒; 令賊捉賊。 8 [VP6A, 15A] (with various grammatical objects, the n in alphabetical order) (與各種文法上的賓語連用，其中名詞系按字母次序排列) set one's cap at sb. cap. set eyes on sb, see him: 看亙某人： I hope I never set eyes on that fellow again. 我希望再也不要看到那像伙。 set one's face against sth, steadfastly oppose sth. 堅決反對。 set one's heart/hopes/ mind on sth, be filled with strong desire for, determination to get; direct one's hopes towards: 亟欲; 決心要得到; 希冀： The boy has set his heart on becoming an engineer. 這男孩下定決心要當(dāng)工程師。 set a price on sth, declare what it will be sold for. 給某物定價格。 set a price on sb's head, offer a specified reward to anyone who kills him. 懸賞殺死某人。 set much/great/little/no store by sth, value sth highly/little/not at all. 非常 (極，不太，根本不)重視某物。 9 [VP6A, 15A] put in a certain state or condition for a particular purpose: 為了某一目的而置于某種狀態(tài)之下： set a (broken) bone, bring the parts together so that they may unite. 接(碎)香。 set a butterfly, arrange it with wings outspread (in a glass case) as a specimen. 擺蝴蝶(使兩翼張開，置于玻璃盒中，以作為標(biāo)本)。 set a dock/watch, put the hands to the correct time (or, for an alarm clock, to sound at the desired time): 對鐘; 對表; 將鬧鐘等定時： set one's watch by the time-signal on the radio. 按收音機之報時信號對表。 set eggs, place them (to be hatched) under a hen, etc in a nest. 置卵于母雞等的下面(住下乏)。 set one's hair, arrange it (when damp) so that when it is dry, it is in the required style: (趁濕)做頭發(fā)： She's having her hair set for this evening's party. 她為了今晚的宴會正在做頭發(fā)。 set a hen. place it over eggs (to hatch them). 使母雞孵卵。 set a saw, sharpen the teeth with a file and put them (alternately) at the right outward angle. 磨銳鋸齒并調(diào)整其煩角。 set the scene, describe a place and the people taking part in an activity, eg in a play, novel or sporting event 描述戲劇、小說或運動項目中的地點及參與活動的人; 形成的背景或形式 Our commentator will now set the scene in the stadium. 我們的播報員現(xiàn)在將描述運動場的情形。 The scene is now set for the tragedy, Events leading up to the tragedy have taken place and the tragedy will follow. 這駒悲劇的背景賣已形成。 The scene is now set for a direct confrontation between the major powers. 歹 !] 強正面對抗的形勢已經(jīng)形成。 set sail (from/to/ for), begin a voyage. 啟航; 開航。 set the table. lay it ready with plates, cutlery, etc: 將餐具擺在餐桌上： She set the table for five people. 她擺設(shè)五人的食具于餐桌上。 set one,s teeth, clench them; (fig) become determined and inflexible (against some course of action, etc). 咬緊牙關(guān); (喻)決心堅持到底。 set a trap (for sth/sb), a adjust one to catch a mouse, rat, etc, 設(shè)置輸旎機(捕鼠等 )o b do sth to discover a dishonest person, etc: 設(shè)陷阱，設(shè)圈套(以揭發(fā)行為不軌之人等)： set a trap to catch a thief/for a boy who cheats. 設(shè)下圈套捉小偷(拆穿作弊的男孩)。 s.et (up) type. arrange it ready for printing sth. 排鉛字。 10 [VP6A, 14] set sth in sth; set sth with sth, put, fix, one thing firmly in another: 使(一物)固定于(他物)之中; 鑲; 嵌： set a diamond in gold; 鑲鉆石于黃金之中; a crown set with jewels; 鑲有珠寶的皇冠; a gold ring set with gems; 鑲有寶石的金戒指; a heavy lathe set (= embedded) in concrete; 固定在混凝土中的大車床; glass panes set in lead, ie strips of lead, as in old lattice windows. 嵌于鉛格框中的窗玻璃。 The tops of the walls were set with broken glass, ie to discourage persons from climbing over them. 墻頂嵌有碎玻璃(以阻人攀越)。 The sky seemed to be set with diamonds, the stars looked like diamonds. 天空似乎鑲嵌了鉆石(星星看起來像鉆石)。 11 [VP2A, C] (of tides, currents) move or flow along; gather force; (fig) show or feel a tendency: (指潮水，潮流，氣流，思潮) 流動; 增加力量; (喻)顯出或感到某種傾向： 4 strong current sets through the channel. 一股強大的潮流流過海峽。 The current sets in towards the shore. 潮水上漲，流向岸邊。 The wind sets from the west. AZ 西方吹永。 The tide has set in his favour, (fig) He is winning public support and approval. 條)他逐漸 SI 得公眾的支持和贊許。 Public opinion is setting against the proposal. 輿論反對那提議。 12 [VP6A, 14] set sth (to sth), provide with music, usu composed for the purpose: 為…配曲： set a poem to music; 為詩歌配曲; set new words to an old tune. 為舊曲作新詞。 13 [VP6A, 2A] (of plants, fruit trees, their blossom) form or develop fruit as the result of fertilization: (指植物，果樹，其花)結(jié)果實： The apple-blossom hasn't/The apples haven't set well this year. 蘋果花(樹)今年沒有結(jié)多少果實。 This liquid, if sprayed on the flowers, helps to set the tomatoes. 這液體灑在花上，能幫助備茄結(jié)實。 14 [VP2C] (of a garment) adapt itself to the shape of the body; sit (which is the more usu word): (指衣服)適合身材; 合身 (sit 較常用)： A well-tailored jacket ought to set well. 裁制良好的上衣應(yīng)該很合身。 That dress sets rather badly. 那衣服不甚合身。 15 [VP2A, C] (of a sporting dog) stop and stand with the muzzle pointing, to indicate presence of game; (of dancers) take positions facing partners: (指獵犬)站著以口鼻指示獵物所在; (指舞者)面向舞伴： set to partners. 面向舞伴。 16 [VP6A, 2A] (cause to) become firm, solid, rigid (from a liquid or soft state): (使)凝曲; (使) 凝結(jié)： Some kinds of concrete set more quickly than others. 某些種混凝土比其他混凝土凝固得快。 The jelly is/has not set yet. 凍子尚未結(jié)好。 Heat sets eggs and cold sets jellies. 熱使蛋凝結(jié)，冷使凍子凝結(jié)。 17 [VP6A, 2A] (rare) (cause to) develop into definite lines and shapes, become mature: (罕)(使)發(fā)育成形; (使)變成熟： His body has/is set, is fully developed. 他的體型已完全發(fā)育。 Too much exercise may set a boy's muscles prematurely. 運動過多可能使男孩子的肌肉過早僵化。 His character has/is set, is no longer pliant, is already formed. 他的性格已經(jīng)定型(不會再變)。 18 (pp) a unmoving, fixed: 不動的; 固定的： a set smile/look/ purpose. 呆板的微笑(呆滯的表情; 確定的目標(biāo))。 b pre-arranged: 預(yù)定的; 事先安排的： at a set time; 左預(yù)定的時間; set lunches ￡2.50, (eg at a restaurant, there being no choice of dishes); 二鎊半的午餐客飯; a ser piece, a large and elaborate firework set on a platform or scaffold; 固定于平臺上或臺架上的大型煙火; (attrib) (形容用法) a set-piece attack, ie caresully planned in advance. 預(yù)禿經(jīng)過周詳策畫的攻擊。 c unchanging: 不變的; 固執(zhí)的： sef in one's. ways, having fixed habits; 有固定生活習(xí)慣的; a man of set opinions, unable or unwilling to change them. 固執(zhí)己見的人。 d regular; fixed or planned in advance: 循規(guī)的; 預(yù)先準(zhǔn)備好的; 預(yù)先計劃好的： set phrases; 現(xiàn)成的詞句; 套語; a set speech; 預(yù)先準(zhǔn)備好的演說; set forms of prayers. 規(guī)定的禱吿方式。 e set fair, (of the weather) fine and with no signs of change. (指天氣)穩(wěn)定痢晴天。 19 [VP15A, 2C, 3A] (special uses with adverbial particles and preps): (與副詞接語及介詞連用的特殊用法)： set about sth, start; take steps towards: 開始; 著手 I must set about my packing, begin to pack my clothes, etc. 我必須開始收拾行裝。 I don't know how to set about this job, how to make a start on it. 我不知怎樣著手這項工作。 set about sb. (col-loq) attack: (南)攻擊： They set about each other fiercely, began to exchange blows. 他們兇猛地互毆。 set sth about, spread (rumours, etc): 散布(謠言等)： Who set (put is more usu) it about that he is resigning? 誰說他要辭職 (put 較常用)? set sb against sb, cause him to compete with, struggle against, sb. 使某人和某人競爭、對抗。 set one thing against another, regard it as compensating for, balancing, another, 使某事物和另一事物相抵補、平衡或牽制。 set sth apart/aside, a put on one side for future use. 撥出; 留下將來使用。 b disregard: 不注意; 忽視： Let's set aside my personal feelings. 讓我們撇開個人的情感。 c (legal) reject: (法律)拒絕; 駁回; 宣吿無效： ser a claim aside. 駁回一旗要求。 set sth back, a move back: 將…往后夜; 撥回： set back the hands of a clock. 把鐘麻慢。 The horse, set back its ears. 這馬將其耳朵后血放平(俗謂、 馬耳向后刷)。 b be placed away, at a distance, from: 蠱于近處; 務(wù)開放置： The house is well set back from the road. 這憧房子和大街有相當(dāng)?shù)木嚯x。 set sb/sth back, a hinder or reverse the progress of: 阻礙; 阻止： All our efforts at reform have been set back. 我們對改革所做的一切努力受到了挫折。 Hence, 由此產(chǎn)生， 'set-back n (pl setbacks) check to progress or development: 阻礙; 挫折： meet with many set-backs; 國到許多挫折; have a set-back in one's ctfreer/business. 在事業(yè)(業(yè)務(wù)) 上受到一次挫折。 b (sl) cost: (俚)花費： That haircut set me back ￡5. 理那次發(fā)花了我五鎊。 set sth down, a put down: 放下; 卸下： set down a load. 卸下首負之物。 b write down on paper. 記毆; 登記。 set sb down, (of a vehicle, its driver) allow (a passenger) to get down or out: (指車輛，其駕駛者)讓(乘客)下車： The bus stopped to set down an old lady. 公共汽車停下讓一位老婦人下車。 I'll set you down at the corner of your street. 我讓你在你所住街道的轉(zhuǎn)角處下車。 set sb/oneself down as, (put is more usu) explain or describe as: (put 較常用) 把某人 (自己) 說成或視為 How should I set my seif down in the hotel register—as a journalist or as an author? 在旅館的登記簿上，我應(yīng)如何寫下自己的身份 —— 寫成記者還是作家呢？ We must set him down as either a criminal or a fool. 我們該把他視為犯人或具子。 set sth down to sth, (put is more usu 〉， attribute sth to, say that sth is the result of. (put 較常用) 把…歸于; 認某事物由…造成： set one's success down to hard work. 將成功歸于努力工作。 set forth, begin a journey (set out is more usu 啟程; 動身 (set out 較常用 ) → set sth forth, (formal) make known; declare: (正式用語) 宜布滾表： set forth one's political views. 詠表政頁。 Is this condition set forth (→ included) in the agreement? 這條件載于合約中嗎？ set in, a start and seem Hkely to continue: 開始： The rainy season has set in. 雨季已開始了。 It set in to rain. 開始下雨了。 Go to your dentist before decay of the teeth sets in. 舌牙齒開始腐蝕以前去看牙醫(yī)師。 b (of tides, winds; → 11 above) begin to flow: (指潮汐，風(fēng); 參看上列第 11 義) 開始流動： The tide is setting in, flowing towards the shore, 潮水正在上漲。 set off, start (a journey, race, etc): 開始 (旅程、 賽跑等); 出發(fā)： They've set off on a journey round the world. 他們已出發(fā)環(huán)球旅行。 set sth off, a explode a mine, firework, etc, 使 (地雷，煙火等) 爆發(fā); 引爆。 b make more striking by comparison: (用比較的方法) 使更明顯; 襯托： Use blue eye-shadow to set off your green eyes. 用藍色眼影襯托你的綠眼睛。 This gold frame sets off the painting very we!L 這個金框把晝襯托得很美。 c balance; compensate: 平衡; 抵銷： set off gains against losses. 以利得抵銷損失。 d mark off: 分開; 劃分： set off a clause by a comma. 用逗點把子句分開。 set sb off (doing sth), cause to start (doing sth): 使開始 (做某事)： Don't set him off talking politics or he'll go on all evening. 別讓他開始談?wù)?，否則他會談上整整一個夜晚。 isef 'on, (formal) go forward; advance to the attack. (正式用語) 前進; 迎擊。 'set on/upon sb, attack: 攻擊某人： She was set on by a savage dog. 她被兇犬襲擊。 be 'set on/upon doing sth, be determined to do it: 決心做某事： My daughter is set on becoming an airline pilot. 我女兒決心做客機駕駛員。 set out, begin (a journey, venture): 出發(fā); 啟程： They set out at dawn. 福們在拂曉由發(fā)。 He set out with the best intentions. 也懷書最夫的希望出發(fā)。 set out to do sth, have sth as an aim or intention: 朝某個目標(biāo)進行; 為了某個目的而努力： He set out to break the record for the Channel swim/to make his first million in five years. 他決心打破游過英倫海峽的記錄 (在五年內(nèi)賺到第一個一百萬) → set sth out, a declare; make known: 宣布; 發(fā)表： set out one's reasons (for sth). 宣布 (某事的) 理由。 b show; put on display: 展示; 陳列： The women set out their chickens and ducks on the market stalls. 婦女們把雞鴨陳列在市場的舞子上。 He sets out his ideas clearly in this essay. 他在這篇文章中明確地列出他的觀點。 c plantout: 散栽; 移植： Set the young plants out one foot apart. 把幼苗每隔一呎栽種一棵。 set sb over sb, put sb in control/command of sb. 使某人控制 (指揮) 某人。 .set 'to, a begin doing sth: 開始做某事： The engineers set to and repaired the bridge. 工程師們開始修橋。 They were all hungry and at once set to, began eating. 他們都很餓，立刻狼呑虎咽地吃起來 To b . (usu with pl subject) begin to fight, struggle, quarrel, etc. (A 常用復(fù)數(shù)主詞) 開始打斗、爭執(zhí)、吵鬧等。 Hence, 由此產(chǎn)生， ,set-'to n struggle; quarrel. 斗爭; 孚吵。 set sth up, a place sth in position: 設(shè)立; 建立： set up a post/statue/memorial. 設(shè)置哨崗 (It 像，紀(jì)念碑) 。 b establish (an institution, business, argument, etc): 建立 (機構(gòu)，商店); 提出 (辯護)： set up a tribunal. 設(shè)立法庭。 What defence did his counsel set up in the trial? 在審判時他的律師提出什么辯護? Hence, 由此產(chǎn)生， 'set-up n (colloq) arrangement of an organization, group of people, etc: (俗) 組織; 結(jié)構(gòu)： What's the set-up here? How's your business, etc organized? 你的商店 (等) 的組織如何？ c cause: 造成; 促成： I wonder what has set up this irritation in my throat/this rash on my face? 我不知道是什么東西使得我的喉頭發(fā)炎 (臉部出疹)？ d utter loudly: 高聲喊出： set 叩。以〃. 大聲喊叫。 e make ready for printing: 排版： set up type/a book. 排字 (排一本舍) 。 set sb up, restore after illness: 使 KU： Her holiday in the country has set .her up again. 在鄉(xiāng)間度假使她恢復(fù)了健康。 set (oneself) up as, a go into business as: 從事或經(jīng)營某種行業(yè); 成為某種行業(yè)的人： He has set (himself) up as a bookseller. 他已成為書商。 b have pretensions to being: ,自稱為： I've never set myself up as a scholar. 我從未自稱為學(xué)者。 set sb up (as sth), get sb started or established, eg by supplying capital: 資助某人創(chuàng)業(yè)： set up one's son in business. 資助自己的兒子做生意。 His father set him up as a bookseller. 他的父親資助他成為書商。 set up house, start living in one, eg after being in lodgings, 開始住在自己的房子里。 set up house with sb/together, (of two persons) begin living to-gether. (指兩人) 一起生活; 同居。 be well set up, a have a body well developed by exercises, etc: 健壯的; 健美的： He has a well set up figure. 他有健美的身姑 What a well set up young woman! 多么健美的女郎?。?b be well provided with: 充分供應(yīng)： be well set up with clothes/reading matter. 有充足的衣服 (讀物) 。 |
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