set的双解释义是：v.(动词)vt. 放,搁置 put sth somewhere; fix; arrangevi. (日、月等)落,下沉 (sun, moon etc.) go down from the skyvi. (植物)结子,结果 (of plants) form and develop seed or fruit。set的词语用法是v.(动词)set的基本意思是“放,搁”,指为了明确的目的而将某人或某物放在一个特定的位置或使其处于某种状态。引申可指“使凝固,使变坚固”“确定,制定”“估计,评价”“调整,对准”“使某人〔某物〕开始做某事〔发生作用〕”“树立,创造”“镶嵌,点缀”“谱曲,设置”“排字”等。set【近义词】appoint。
一、详尽释义点此查看set的详细内容
二、词典解释
名词用法（NOUN USES）
1.一套;一组;一系列
Aset of things is a number of things that belong together or that are thought of as a group.
e.g. There must be oneset of laws for the whole of the country...
整个国家必须要有一套统一的法律。
e.g. I might need a spareset of clothes...
我可能需要一套备用的衣服。
2.(网球比赛中的)盘
In tennis, aset is one of the groups of six or more games that form part of a match.
e.g. Graf was leading 5-1 in the firstset.
格拉芙第一盘以 5 比 1 领先。
3.(数学中的)集，集合
In mathematics, aset is a group of mathematical quantities that have some characteristic in common.
4.(一场音乐会中所演唱或演奏的)一组歌曲(或乐曲)
A band's or musician'sset is the group of songs or tunes that they perform at a concert.
e.g. The band continued with theirset after a short break...
短暂的休息后，乐队继续演奏他们的曲目。
e.g. He plays a solo acousticset.
他伴着原声乐器独唱了一组歌曲。
5.(经常碰面或趣味相同的)一伙(或一帮、一群)人
You can refer to a group of people as aset if they meet together socially or have the same interests and lifestyle.
set什么意思
e.g. He belonged to what the press called 'The ChelseaSet'.
他属于媒体所称的“切尔西圈子”里的人。
6.(话剧的)布景;(电影的)摄影棚，拍片现场
Theset for a play, film, or television show is the furniture and scenery that is on the stage when the play is being performed or in the studio where filming takes place.
e.g. From the first moment he got on theset, he wanted to be a director too...
自从进入摄影棚的第一刻起，他就希望自己也能成为一名导演。
e.g. ...his stage sets for the Folies Bergeres.
他为牧女游乐园剧院设计的舞台布景
7.(尤指坚定的)神情，姿态，姿势
The set of someone's face or part of their body is the way that it is fixed in a particular expression or position, especially one that shows determination.
e.g. Matt looked at Hugh and saw the stubbornness in theset of his shoulders...
马特看着休，从他坚挺的肩膀中看出了他的倔强。
e.g. Artist Richard Stone has captured in her eyes and theset of her face her steely determination.
画家理查德·斯通在她的眼神和面部表情中捕捉到了她的坚毅和决绝。
8.(电视机等)家用电器
Aset is an appliance. For example, a television set is a television.
set是什么意思
e.g. Children spend so much time in front of the televisionset...
孩子们花在看电视上的时间太多了。
e.g. We got our firstset — black and white — in 1963.
1963 年我们买了我们的第一台电视机——黑白的。
动词和形容词用法（VERB AND ADJECTIVE USES）
The form set is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb. set 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。1.(尤指小心翼翼地)放，置
If youset something somewhere, you put it there, especially in a careful or deliberate way.
e.g. He took the case out of her hand andset it on the floor...
他从她手中拿过箱子，将它小心地放在地板上。
e.g. When heset his glass down he spilled a little drink.
他把杯子放下时，饮料溅出来一点。
2.位于…的;坐落在…的
If something isset in a particular place or position, it is in that place or position.
e.g. The castle isset in 25 acres of beautiful grounds...
这座城堡坐落于一片方圆 25 英亩、风景秀丽的土地上。
e.g. Quiberon isset on an eight-mile peninsula.
基伯龙位于一个 8 英里大小的半岛上。
3.镶于…上的;嵌在…上的
If something isset into a surface, it is fixed there and does not stick out.
e.g. The man unlocked a gateset in a high wall and let me through...
那名男子打开了高墙中一面大门上的锁让我进去。
e.g. Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.
舷边甲板下面的一个凹处放了一个小小的洗脸盆。
4.使处于(某种状态或情况)
You can useset to say that a person or thing causes another person or thing to be in a particular condition or situation. For example, toset someone free means to cause them to be free, and toset something going means to cause it to start working.
e.g. Set the kitchen timer going...
让厨房计时器开始计时。
e.g. A phrase from the conference floorset my mind wandering...
会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。
5.设置，调整好，调准(钟表等)
When youset a clock or control, you adjust it to a particular point or level.
set什么意思
e.g. Set the volume as high as possible...
将音量尽量调大。
e.g. I forgot toset my alarm and I overslept.
我忘了定闹钟,结果睡过了头。
6.决定，确定(日期、价格、目标或水准)
If youset a date, price, goal, or level, you decide what it will be.
e.g. The conference chairman hasset a deadline of noon tomorrow...
会议主席将明天中午定为截止日期。
e.g. A date will beset for a future meeting...
将会确定将来会议的时间。
7.估定(价值);认为有（…价值)
If youset a certain valueon something, you think it has that value.
e.g. She sets a high value on autonomy...
她对自主权看得很重。
e.g. If youset no value on being a woman yourself, how can you expect others to?
如果你自己都认为做女人一文不值，又怎么能期望别人尊重你呢？
8.树立(榜样);创造(纪录);开创(先例)
If youset something such as a record, an example, or a precedent, you do something that people will want to copy or try to achieve.
set的反义词
e.g. Legal experts said her case would notset a precedent because it was an out-of-court settlement...
法律专家说她的案子不会成为判例，因为它是庭外和解的。
e.g. A new world marathon record of 2 hrs, 8 min, 5 sec, wasset by Stephen Jones of Great Britain...
英国的斯蒂芬·琼斯创造了新的马拉松世界纪录—— 2 小时 8 分零 5 秒。
9.分配;布置;指派
If someonesets you a task or aim or if youset yourself a task or aim, you need to succeed in doing it.
e.g. I have to plan my academic work very rigidly andset myself clear objectives...
我必须严格地规划我的学业，同时给自己定下明确的目标。
e.g. We will train you first before weset you a task...
我们在给你分派任务之前会先对你进行培训。
10.出(试题、试卷)
Toset an examination or a question paper means to decide what questions will be asked in it.
set
e.g. He broke with the tradition of setting examinations in Latin.
他打破了用拉丁语出试卷的传统。
11.安排好的;确定的;固定的
You useset to describe something which is fixed and cannot be changed.
e.g. Investors can apply for a package of shares at aset price...
投资者可以申购固定价格的股票组合。
e.g. Aset period of fasting is supposed to bring us closer to godliness...
据说定期斋戒会让我们更虔诚。
12.(学习书目)指定的
Aset book must be studied by students taking a particular course.
set的翻译
e.g. One of theset books is Jane Austen's Emma.
指定阅读书目之一是简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》。
13.(戏剧、电影、小说等)以(某时或某地)为背景的
If a play, film, or story isset in a particular place or period of time, the events in it take place in that place or period.
e.g. The play isset in a small Midwestern town.
这出戏以中西部的一个小镇为背景。
e.g. ...a 1964 science fiction novel by Philip K Dick,set in 1994 in a colony of humans on Mars...
菲利普·K.迪克 1964 年写的一部以 1994 年火星上一个人类聚居地为背景的科幻小说。
14.做好准备的;可能的
If you areset to do something, you are ready to do it or are likely to do it. If something isset to happen, it is about to happen or likely to happen.
e.g. Roberto Baggio wasset to become one of the greatest players of all time...
罗伯特·巴乔注定会成为迄今为止最伟大的球员之一。
e.g. The talks areset to continue through the week.
谈判可能会持续一周。
15.下定决心的;坚决的
If you areset on something, you are strongly determined to do or have it. If you areset against something, you are strongly determined not to do or have it.
e.g. She wasset on going to an all-girls school...
她执意要去女子学校上学。
e.g. Margaret was always mischievous andset on her own individual course...
玛格丽特总是调皮捣乱，而且一意孤行。
16.使表现出，显出(坚定的表情)
If youset your face or jaw, you put on a fixed expression of determination.
e.g. Instead, sheset her jaw grimly and waited in silence...
相反，她一脸严肃，面部紧绷，一声不吭地等着。
e.g. He came insolently towards Mr. Won, his featuresset in a scowl.
他傲慢无礼地朝元先生冲过来，面露怒容。
17.凝固;凝结;变硬
When something such as jelly, melted plastic, or cementsets, it becomes firm or hard.
set的解释
e.g. You can add ingredients to these desserts as they begin toset...
这些甜点开始凝固时就可以加入辅料了。
e.g. Lower the heat and allow the omelet toset on the bottom...
关小火让煎蛋的下面凝固。
18.(太阳)落山，落下
When the sunsets, it goes below the horizon.
e.g. They watched the sunset behind the distant dales.
他们望着夕阳没入远处的山谷。
e.g. ...the red glow of the setting sun.
落日的红色余晖
19.设置，安排，设计(陷阱)
Toset a trap means to prepare it to catch someone or something.
e.g. He seemed to think I was setting some sort of trap for him...
他似乎认为我在给他设什么套儿。
e.g. They dug trenches in their path andset booby traps.
他们在小路上挖深沟设饵雷。
20.在(桌)上摆放餐具
When someonesets the table, they prepare it for a meal by putting plates and cutlery on it.
21.为…谱(曲);为…配(乐)
If someonesets a poem or a piece of writingto music, they write music for the words to be sung to.
set的意思
e.g. He has attracted much interest by setting ancient religious texts to music.
他因为给古老的宗教经书谱曲配乐而备受关注。
22. see also: setting;set-to
23.为…做准备;为…铺平了道路
If someonesets the scene orsets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
e.g. The Democrat convention hasset the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn...
民主党代表大会已经为今年秋季激烈的大选作好了准备。
e.g. The company has been setting the stage recently for progress in the US.
该公司最近一直在为美国的业务发展作准备。
24.守旧的;一成不变的;固执的
If you say that someoneis set in theirways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned.
25. toset eyes on something -> see eye
toset fire to something -> see fire
toset foot somewhere -> see foot
toset your heart on something -> see heart
toset sail -> see sail
toset great store by or on something -> see store
toset to work -> see work
26.建起;设立;设置
If youset up a temporary structure, you place it or build it somewhere.
set的近义词
e.g. They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres...
他们走上街头，用点燃的轮胎设置路障。
e.g. 200 peace activists are planning toset up a peace camp at the border.
200名和平人士正计划在边界建一处和平营地。
27.安装，装配，调试(设备或机器)
If youset up a device or piece of machinery, you do the things that are necessary for it to be able to start working.
e.g. Setting up the camera can be tricky...
调试相机可能会很费事。
e.g. Iset up the computer so that they could work from home.
我把电脑设置好，这样他们就可以在家办公了。
28.立业;开业;创业
If youset up somewhere orset yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area.
e.g. The mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan...
市长的方案激励了打算在曼哈顿下城开业的公司。
e.g. He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest...
在布加勒斯特开公司之前，他在伦敦当舞蹈教练。
29.安(家);开(店)
If youset up home orset up shop, you buy a house or business of your own and start living or working there.
e.g. They married, andset up home in Ramsgate.
他们结婚了，在拉姆斯盖特安家定居。
e.g. ...20 businessmen hoping toset up shop in Japan.
希望在日本开店的20名商人
30.引起;引发;产生
If somethingsets up something such as a process, it creates it or causes it to begin.
set的翻译
e.g. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube...
二次电流在管子内部会产生磁场。
e.g. This can help you satisfy the craving without setting up problems later on.
这可以帮你满足欲望，而且事后又不会惹出问题。
31.使更健康;使更有活力;使状态更好
If somethingsets youup for something, it puts you in a good condition or position to deal with it, for example by making you feel healthy and energetic.
set的近义词
e.g. I have my cornflakes and smell the fresh air and the grass and it sets me up for the day...
我吃了些脆玉米片，呼吸着充满青草气息的新鲜空气，这让我一天都充满活力。
e.g. The win sets us up perfectly for the match in Belgium.
这场胜利为我们在比利时的比赛鼓足了劲儿。
32.诬陷;陷害;冤枉
If youare set up by someone, they make it seem that you have done something wrong when you have not.
e.g. He claimed he had beenset up after drugs were discovered at his home...
在他家里发现毒品后，他声称自己是被人陷害的。
e.g. Maybe Angelo tried toset us up.
也许安杰洛想要陷害我们。
33. see also: set-up
相关词组：set againstset apartset asideset backset downset forthset inset offset onset outset upset upon
三、网络解释
1. 盘：网球比赛计分法是由分(Point)、局(Game)、盘(Set)所组成否则6比6平手后必须以决胜局(Tie Breaker)决定该盘胜负,决胜局中双方轮流发球,以往末发明决胜局以前,每一盘(AdvantageSet)均需领先对手两局以上才能赢得该盘,
2. set的翻译
2. 布景：走上了观众席,我们的面前就是布景(Set)了. 现场有一个主持人,给我们介绍了一下整个Set的布局. 中间的是一个固定布景(FixedSet),是长期搭着不动的. 整个Set就是Leonard和Sheldon的家的客厅,电梯过道,以及对面Penny家的客厅.
3. set的意思
3.set：security electronic transaction; 安全电子交易
4.set：single-electron transistors; 单电子晶体管
5. set的解释
5.set：secure electronic transcation; 安全电子交易协议
6.set：security electronic transaction protocol; set协议
四、例句
He set aside the book and lit a cigarette.
他把书放置在一边,点燃了香烟。
How do we set the enrollment criteria?
我们如何设定录取标准?
We have set the date for the wedding.
我们已经确定了婚期。
We set a limit on the expenses of the trip.
我们规定了这次旅游的费用。
These instruments have been finely set.
这些仪器是经过精密调整的。
The manager set various tasks to the clerks.
经理向职员们分配各项任务。
I saw the sun set down inch by inch in the courtyard.
我在院子里看到太阳慢慢地落下去。
She had the sapphire set in a gold ring.
她把那枚蓝宝石镶在金戒指上了。
pig sty
猪圈
It may be a very simple or complicated set of instructions.
这个指令的集合可能非常简单，也可能十分复杂。
The set of types is the combined set from the two properties.
该类型集是两个属性的组合集。
The sun has rise and set.
太阳总要有日出日落的。
I received a set of gardening tools on my birthday.
生日那天，我收到一套园艺工具。
She has a set of false teeth.
她有一副假牙。
How many points is the winner to get before one set ends?
要取得多少分才能算赢一局?
The cast must all be on the set by 7 in the moring.
全体演员必须在早上7点钟到场。
She admired the firm set of his jaw.
她喜欢他那副紧绷着下巴的刚毅神态。
Please follow the set procedures when you use this product.
使用该产品时请遵循规定的步骤。
There is no set time limit on this.
这个没有固定的时间限制。
He is old and stubborn and set in his ways.
他年老气衰,固执己见,做事方式一成不变。
Are you set for the party tonight?
你准备好了参加今天晚上的宴会吗？
As people get older, they get set in their ways.
随着年龄的增长，人就积习成性。
His face took on a set expression.
他脸上现出凝滞的神态。
五、常用短语
Someone is always setting stories about that the Prince is to be married.
有人总是在散布谣言说什么王子要结婚。
How should we set about our work?
我们该怎样做这工作?
We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm.
我们立刻兴致勃勃地干起来。
I must set about my packing.
我得开始收拾行李了。
Mother set about making tea.
妈妈张罗着沏茶。
He set about writing his report.
他开始写报告。
He asked me how he should set about learning the German language.
他问我他该如何着手学习德语。
I will set about seeing him off.
我就去送他。
set about sbIf those boys steal any more of my fruit,I'll set about them with my spade.
如果那些男孩子再偷我的水果,我就要用铁锹揍他们了。
In a very forceful speech he set about his critics.
他以有力的发言驳斥了他的批评者。
Don't set about him; he doesn't know what's been going on.
别怪罪于他,他对发生的事情一无所知。
If you do that again,I'll set you across my knee and beat you.
如果你再干那种事,我就把你横在我的膝盖上揍你。
Set the sleeping child against his brother.
把睡着的孩子放到他哥哥身旁。
I set the basket against the door, hoping that the housekeeper would find it.
我把篮子靠门放着,希望管家能够找得到。
The plank was set against the wall.
木板靠着墙壁。
set against sthThe trees looked bare and threatening, set against the darkening sky.
那些树在灰暗的天空映衬下,显得裸秃可怕。
set sth against sthDiamonds look best when they are set against black cloth.
钻石用黑纱映衬显得最美。
set sth against sthSetting the results against those of the last election, we can see a clear improvement.
把这次的选举结果和上次的相比较,我们可以看到明显的进步。
set sth against sthWe must set the cost against the advantages of the new invention.
我们必须权衡那项发明的代价与利益。
But there is a disadvantage to be set against this fact.
尽管事实如此,相比之下,仍有不利之处。
set sb/sth against sb/sthThe civil war set brother against brother.
内战使同胞兄弟反目成仇。
She accused her husband of setting their children against her.
她指责丈夫使子女反对她。
If you set the boy among all those tall children, he looks even shorter.
你若让这孩子站在大个孩子中,他看上去显得更矮。
Let's set some white flowers among the blue ones.
咱们在蓝色的花中间插一些白花吧。
The worshippers set their sacrifices at the feet of the god.
朝拜的人们把他们的供品置于神像的脚下。
set sth at sthThe rate of interest is set at 11.5％.
利率定为11.5％。
set sth at sthI set the value of the horse at 134 pounds.
我估计这匹马值134镑。
His income can be set at ￡9000 a year.
估计他的收入每年大约能达到9000英镑。
set one's cap at sbIt's no use that new secretary set her cap at the director, he's not interested in women.
新秘书想勾引主任,那是徒劳的,他对女人不感兴趣。
set sth at defianceOne mustn't set the law at defiance.
任何人不得蔑视法律。
The prisoner's refusal to answer has set the court at defiance, and he must be punished.
囚犯拒绝回答,实属蔑视法庭,必须予以惩处。
set sb at his easeHis behaviour did nothing to set me at my ease.
他的行为无法使我安心。
set sth at naughtMost election promises can be set at naught.
竞选时所做的许诺大都没有什么价值。
All our victories are set at naught if we lose sight of our principles.
如果我们无视我们的原则,我们所有的胜利都无多大意义。
The mother set the toy gently by the side of the sleeping child.
母亲把玩具轻轻地放在入睡的孩子身旁。
Please set these chairs by the window.
请把这些椅子放在窗户旁。
He set down the heavy box and rested for a while.
他放下沉重的箱子歇一会儿。
He set me down in a comfortable chair.
他让我坐在一张舒适的椅子里。
They bought some drinks at the bar then set themselves down at a table.
他们在酒吧买了些饮料,然后在桌旁坐下。
The desk was set down before the window.
把写字台放在窗前。
set sth ⇔ downWe had to set down the rules for the behaviour of the members.
我们不得不制定规则来约束会员们的行为。
You knew the hearing was set down today.
你当时知道审讯于今天举行。
set downWe set down in a heavy fog.
我们在浓雾中降落。
set sth ⇔ downThe pilot was able to set the damaged plane down safely in a field.
那位飞行员终于把已损坏的飞机安全地降落在一片旷野上。
set sb ⇔ downPlease set me down at the street corner.
到街头拐角处请让我下车。
The second passenger asked to be set down at the church.
第二位乘客请求在教堂前下车。
set sth ⇔ downShe listened attentively and set down every word he said.
她专心听着,把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。
set sth ⇔ downThe areas of future redevelopment are set down clearly on the map.
要重新开发的地区已在地图上清清楚楚地标了出来。
13 April has been set down for the trial.
审判定于4月13日举行。
Monday has been set down for the next meeting.
确定星期一召开下次会议。
I set his bad temper down to his recent illness.
我认为他脾气不好是因为他最近生病的缘故。
They set forth on their bike at once after breakfast.
一吃完早饭,他们就骑车动身。
The troop set forth on their ten-mile hike early.
军队一早就开始他们的10英里徒步行军。
They set forth in three small boats.
他们分乘三条小船出发了。
set forth sthThe Prime Minister set forth the aims of his government in a television broadcast.
首相在一次电视讲话中阐明了政府的目标。
In his preface the author set forth his reasons for writing the book.
作者在前言中阐明了他写这本书的原因。
His views were fully set forth in a written statement.
他的观点在一篇书面声明中得到了充分的阐述。
set forth sthMany newly-unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall.
展览馆里陈列着许多新出土的文物。
Why not set the table forward?
为什么不把桌子向前移动一点呢?
set forwardThe climbers set forward towards the mountain in bright weather.
天气晴朗,登山运动员向着那座山出发了。
set sth ⇔ forwardHe set forward several practical proposals.
他提出了几项切实可行的建议。
The committee's plans are set forward in the report.
报告中阐述了委员会的计划。
set sth ⇔ forwardWe shall have to set the meeting forward because of the holiday next week.
下周休假,我们得把会议提前。
set sth ⇔ forwardPlease set forward your watches an hour.
请把你们的表往前拨一个小时。
The builders set the panels in very carefully.
建筑工人把嵌板非常小心地镶进去。
Set the glass in carefully so that it fits the window frame exactly.
把玻璃小心地嵌入,使其与窗框恰好吻合。
set inCommerce in the urban districts has been carried on smoothly since winter set in.
自从冬季来临后,市区的商业一直在顺利开展着。
Fungus set in and killed the plants.
霉菌开始生长并把植物弄死了。
You'd better paint the woodwork before decay sets in.
你最好在木制品腐朽之前就上漆。
An infection has set in, and his leg will have to be removed.
伤口受到感染,他的腿只好锯掉。
set sth ⇔ inYou'd better set in the sleeves first.
你最好先把衣袖缝上去。
set sth ⇔ inThe scenery does not fill the space properly, we should set in an additional piece here.
这布景不能把舞台布置完满,我们应该在这儿另加一个布景。
The novel is set in pre-war London.
这部小说以战前的伦敦为背景。
set sth ⇔ inThe next three sentences should be set in.
下面的三句应该缩排。
set inThe wind began to set in at noon.
中午时风开始向岸上吹来。
The wind set in strongly.
风猛烈地刮着。
The current sets in towards the shore.
潮水向岸边涌来。
set sth ⇔ inThe captain set the ship in.
船长将船驶向岸边。
It's time to set the ship in.
该把船驶向岸边了。
When shall he set off tomorrow?
他明天几点出发?
We will set off at six o'clock tomorrow morning.
我们将于明天早晨6点出发。
They've set off on a trip round the world.
他们已出发作环球旅行。
We set off at dawn so that we could get to the coast before lunch time.
我们黎明时分出发,这样便能在午饭前到达海边。
Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him.
奇切思特不顾朋友们的劝阻,再次启程远航。
set sb/sth ⇔ offShe had stopped crying but his shouting set her off again.
她已经不哭了,但是他的大声喊叫使她又哭了起来。
That strike set off a series of strikes throughout the country.
那场罢工引起了全国的罢工浪潮。
set sb ⇔ off v-ingThat set all of them off laughing again.
那又惹得他们哄堂大笑。
Don't mention the war! You'll set grandfather off reminiscing for hours.
不要提那场战争,你会让爷爷几个小时都沉浸在往事的回忆中。
set sth ⇔ offThe gold frame sets off the painting very well.
金框把画衬托得更加漂亮。
That dress sets off her jewellery to perfection.
那件连衣裙把她的珠宝饰物衬托得美极了。
Her great wealth, as he thought, set off her plain face.
他认为她的巨额财富足以补偿其貌不扬。
set sth ⇔ offBe careful that you don't set the fireworks off by mistake.
当心点,别弄错了引起那些爆竹爆炸。
The children are setting fireworks off in the garden.
孩子们在花园里燃放烟火。
The enemy is near us; now, set on!
敌人已靠近我们了,冲啊!
set sb ⇔ onHe tried in vain to set on the crew of the ship to rebellion.
他企图煽动那艘船的船员哗变。
I refuse to have that child to the party, he always sets the others on.
我拒绝让那孩子参加晚会,他老挑唆其他孩子。
set sb ⇔ onTrade was so good that the firm was able to set on more workers.
该公司生意兴隆,所以有能力雇用更多的工人。
Set the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
盘子非常易碎,要轻轻放在桌上。
He set his hand on my shoulder comfortingly.
他把手搭在我肩上,使我感到安慰。
He set the camera on automatic.
他把照相机调到自动挡位。
set sth on sbI'll set my dog on you if you don't leave at once!
你若不马上离开,我就让狗咬你。
He set the dog on the thief.
他放狗去咬那个贼。
set on sbThe youths set on the old man and robbed him.
那几个青年袭击了那位老人,并且抢了他的东西。
She was set on by a thief in the park.
她在公园里遭到一个窃贼的袭击。
They set out immediately for Rome.
他们立即动身去罗马。
They set out for Britain yesterday.
他们昨天动身到英国去了。
Early the next morning he set out on foot for Changsha.
第二天一早,他就动身步行去长沙。
set out to-vThe government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。
set sth ⇔ outHe set out all the pieces on the floor.
他把一幅幅的作品都摆放在地板上。
John expects to have an opportunity to set out his plan at the next meeting.
约翰希望在下次会议上有机会说明他的计划。
The room is set out with pictures.
房间里装饰着图画。
All the sales were set out on the stall.
所有的商品都摆到了货摊上。
My plans for the firm have been set out in this document.
我为公司制定的各项计划都写在这份文件中了。
She set a finger to her lips to signal silence.
她把一个手指贴近嘴唇示意安静。
John set his lips to the class.
约翰用嘴唇触及玻璃杯。
He set a match to the dry timber.
他用火柴去点燃那干木头。
set to sbSet to your partner.
转向你的舞伴。
set sth to sthThe composer set a sonnet to music.
作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
Many of Burns's poems were set to music.
彭斯的很多诗都谱了曲。
Too much opposition was set up against the government's plan to control wages and prices, so that they had to cease it.
政府控制工资与物价的计划遭到强烈的反对,使他们只好作罢。
set oneself up against sb/sthIf you set yourself up against an international company of that size, you can expect failure.
你若决定与那样大的跨国公司竞争,就等着失败吧。
It takes money to set up as a lawyer.
要想当律师就得花钱。
set sb ⇔ up as sthHis father lent him some money to set him up as a shoe-maker.
他父亲借给他一些钱,让他做制鞋生意。
set up as sb/sthHe sets up as a leader in the scientific field, but many other scientists disagree with him.
他自称是科学领域的一个带头人,但许多科学家不承认他。
The new library can set me up with enough reading matter for a month at a time.
图书馆一次可为我提供足够看一个月的读物。
Her bracelet was set with emeralds.
她的手镯上镶着绿宝石。
The sky was set with countless stars.
天空点缀着无数的星星。
六、经典引文
A girl..who made a dead set at me.
出自：ThackerayA direct set upon Phil was made by the satirical young rogues.
出自：A. MayhewAlmost every member of the British Press made a dead set for the hosiery counter.
出自：ObserverA set of smugglers, gipsies, and other desperadoes.
出自：Sir W. ScottHe moved in a fast set of hard-smoking and hard-swearing cronies.
出自：C. ConnollyAll the girls..in her set round the village are buying Miele dishwashers.
出自：M. BradburyA well-designed set out table!
出自：B. H. MalkinThose believers..who will not..deal with a set-apart ministry.
出自：G. PriestlandWho setting us upon Camels, conducted us to Mazna.
出自：S. JohnsonSet a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the Devil.
出自：Proverb七、常见错误
误 Soon after the fireworks were launched, they shot across the sky like meteors
正 Soon after the fireworks were set off, they shot across the sky like meteors.
析 launch 一般用于使(船)下水(launch a ship)或发射人造卫星(launch a man-made satellite),发射导弹(launch a missile),发射宇宙飞船(launch a spacecraft)等现代武器或科学仪器等。“放烟火”英语说set off/shoot off/let off fireworks。
我一大早动身去北京。误 Early in the morning I set out to go to Beijing.
正 Early in the morning I set out for Beijing.
析 set out to- v 表示“开始做…”,表示“动身到某地去”可用set out for somewhere。
汤姆着手写论文了。误 Tom set about to write his paper.
正 Tom set about writing his paper.
析 set about 作“着手或开始做某事”解,后面如跟非谓语动词作宾语,则需用动名词形式,不跟动词不定式。另外, set about后面还可以跟名词或名词短语作宾语。
他应该为他的孩子们树立一个更好的榜样。误 He ought to set a better example for his children.
正 He ought to set a better example to his children.
析 set a good better example to sb 是习惯用法,作“(给某人)树立榜样”解,其中介词 to不能用for替代。也可用 set sb a good example的结构表达相同的意思。
一旦玛丽下决心做一件事,她就不会轻易放弃。误 Once Mary sets her mind in sth she wouldn't easily give up.
正 Once Mary sets her mind on sth she wouldn't easily give up.
析 set one's mind on是固定短语用法,表示“一心想做(某事)或得到(某物)”,介词 on不能用 in替代。还可用 set one's heart on来表示同样的含义。
他们向朋友告别后就动身回家了。误 Having said farewell to their friends, they set off to home.
正 Having said farewell to their friends, they set off for home.
析 表达“动身去…”或“出发去…”往往用set off for (a place)的结构,介词 for不能用to替代。
他们放火烧了房子。误 They set the fire to the house.
正 They set fire to the house.
析 set fire to作“放火”或“纵火”解, fire前面不加冠词。
有人割破栅栏放走了犯人。误 Someone set free the prisoners by cutting through the bars.
正 Someone set the prisoners free by cutting through the bars.
析 set sb free为习惯用法,表示“释放(某人)”,这里宾语sb 必须放在set和 free之间,不能置后。
太阳从东方升起,西方落下。误 The sun rises from the east and sets down to the west.
正 The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
析 表示日月星辰降落需搭配介词 in。set这里本身就是go down的意思,所以无需再加down。
我照教堂的钟声对了表。误 I set my watch with the church bell.
正 I set my watch by the church bell.
析 set one's watch by 是“根据…对表”的意思, by 表示“依据”。
他们将在星期三启航去夏威夷。误 They will set sail to Hawaii on Wednesday.
正 They will set sail for Hawaii on Wednesday.
析 set sail for是固定短语,表示“启航去某地”,介词for不可换用to。
误 My friend gave me a set of Long March memorial stamps.
正 My friend gave me a series of Long March memorial stamps.
析 set 表示的“套”侧重于成组事物本身结构上的完整性, series 表示的“套”侧重于成组事物按年代排列或情节发展的连续性。
set的相关近义词
appoint、assign、clot、coagulate、congeal、curdle、determine、establish、fix、harden、jelly、lay、place、position、put、settle、thicken、common、hardened、usual
set的相关反义词
set的相关临近词
setback、Sessions、SETI、Setz、sets、SETP、SETR、seta、Sety、Seto、sett、Setov