常用词组 • set about 1. 开始：开始或出发 Set about solving the problem. 着手解决问题 • set apart 1. 留出，拨出：留出以备专用 2. 使引人注目 Character traits that set her apart. 使她引人注目的个性 • set aside 1. 留出，拨出：分开或留出以备专用 2. 抛弃，放弃 3. 废除：声明无用、取消或否决 The court has set aside the conviction. 法庭宣告无罪 • set at 1. 打击或袭击 The dogs set at the fox. 狗群冲向狐狸 • set back 1. 阻止：减慢进程；妨碍 2. 【非正式用语】 花费 That coat set me back $1,000. 那件衣服花了我1,000 美元 • set by 1. 保留为将来之用 It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency. 为将来紧急情况贮备食物和钱是明智的 • set down 1. 坐：使坐；坐下 Set the baby down here. 让小孩坐这儿 2. 记录：写下；记录 We set down the facts. 我们记下事实 3. 把…归于：由…引起；把…归于 Just set him down as a sneak. 当他是个阴险的人 Let's set the error down to inexperience. 让我们把错误归于没有经验 4. 着陆：（飞机）着陆 The pilot set the plane down hard. 飞行员艰难地使飞机着陆 • set forth 1. 提出：提出想法；建议 Set forth a sound plan. 提出一个合理的计划 2. 表达：用语言表达 She has set forth her ideas. 她已经表达出了想法 • set forward 1. 开始旅程 • set in 1. 插入 Set in the sleeve of a gown. 插入礼服袖子中 2. 开始：开始发生或出现 “Evening was setting in as I took the road over Mountain Top”( -- Charles Siebert) “当我行于山顶公路时夜幕降临”( -- 查尔斯·谢伯特) 3. （风）水向岸（吹）流：移向岸边。用于风和水 • set off 1. 爆炸：引起爆炸 Set off a chemical reaction. 发生化学反应 Set off a bomb. 炸弹爆炸 2. 区分：指出不同；区分 Features setting him off from the crowd. 使他与人群分开的特征 3. 强调： 通过对比引起注意；强调 Set off a passage with italics. 用斜体字强调一段 4. 开始旅程 Set off for Europe. 开始欧洲之旅 • set...
