so that others copy it or
try to achieve ii 树立；创立；
开创：This couW set a 'new
/ashfon.这&许会幵仓卜- 4 新■时尚呢。.◊ T/iey set Wgh standards ■〇/ elastomer service.他们制订了严格的客户服务标准。◊ Jam unwiHing to set a precedent.我不想开先例。◊ She set a new worid record /or’ the higA jump.她创备了新的跳高
世界纪录。.◊ J reiy on you
to set a good exampte.我指 望你来树立一个好榜样。
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WORK/TASK 工!乍；任务 9 〜sth (for sb) | 〜sb (to do sth)
to give sb a piece of
work, a task, etc.布置；分配；指
■派：[VN] Who vviH be setring (=
writing the questions for) t^e French exam?谁出法语试题？' ◊ What boofo have been set (= are to be studied) for the English course?英语课¥置要用哪些书？ ◊ [VNN，VN] She’s set herseZ/a
d断cu〖t task•她给自己安排了一项艰巨任务。◊ She’s, set a d断cuit tosfc/or fterseZ/.她给自己安排 了一项
’娘巨任务。◊ [VN to inf] J’ve set mysd/ to _/?nish the job by the end ojf the month.备要求自己在’片底以前完成S项^ .作—see also set book
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BECOME F丨RM 凝固 10
to become firm or hard 凝固；凝
'结：[V] Leave the concrete to
set for a few hours. ittlM 土凝® 几小时。< [V-ADj] the g〖ue had set hard.胶已备粘
得很紧。
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FAd脸 11 [VN] [usuaHy passive] to
fix your face .into a firm expression‘捷规_出 M定的表情：Her jaw was set in a
determined manner. ▲下巴$ —着，一副决不动摇'的
样f。：
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HAI’B 矣发 12 [VN]
to arrange'sb’s .hair while..it is wet so that it
dries in a particular style 茴定发型；做头发：■ She had
/ier hair washed and se纟:她去洗了头，做了发型。
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BONE、骨头.13 [VN]
to put a broken bone into a fixed position and hold it there, so that it will
heal; to heal in this way 把（断骨）复位；接（骨）：The
surgeon set her broken arm.:哮生给她接上了手臂上的断骨。[also V]
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FOR PRINTING 为#:刷 14 [VN] (tor/mh/ 术语）to use a machine or
computer to arrange writing and images on pages in order to prepare a book,
newspaper, etc. for printing 排版-t" see also typesetter
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W0RDST0MUSIC》；，^_.15_]〜sth(t〇sth)to write music ito go
with words 为…谱曲；给…配法：
Sdmbe/t
set many poems to music•舒伯特为许多诗知谱 了曲。
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OF SUN/MOON 太阳；，月兑 16 [V] to go down below the horizon 落（下.> :We sat and watched the sun setting. 我们峑着看太阳渐渐落卞去P — see also sunset /7. (1) 033 rise
IT»!71 Idioms containing set
are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example set
the pace is at pace n•含set的奸谭，都可4该等习:语中'的名
词犮形容词相关词条找到，如set the pace在词条pace的 名词部奋。 'set
about sb [BrE]
old-fashioned,
to attack sb 攻击.；抨击1set,about
sth [no
passive] to start doing sth 开始做；着羊做：She set about the’business
o/deaning.the house. 手'打扫起房
'乎禾〇 [+ -ing] We need to set about
finding a solution. 我们得着手寻轉一个解决:办疾。
,set sb against sbto make sb oppose a
friend, relative, etc•使某人反对（崩友、亲人等丨:She dccused her husband of setting the
children against her. M ta ^ ^
唆使孩子丨门跟她作对。set sth (off丨against sth 1 to judge sth by
comparing good or positive qualities with bad or negative ones权衡利弊（或优成点.）.： Set
against
the benefits of the new technology, there is also a strong jJcwsibfHty
that jobs wfH be 〖ost.权衡利弊，新技
术的确有种种好处，但也很可能使一些人失去工作。
2 {finance M) to record sth as a
business cost as a way of reducing the amount 'of tax you must pay 把…按會 业成本记账以降低:（:f税韻> :to set capital costs
off agahst
tax把资金成本按营业成本记账以減税
,set
sb/sth a'part (from sb/sth) to make sb/sth different from or better
than.others 使与:众不筒； '使突
'出；使优于…：■ Her eiegant. siyZe
sets her apart /rom other journafcts•她的典雅风格使她与其他记者截然不
同0 ,set .sth—a1
part (for sth) [usually passive] to keep sth for a special use or
purpose 留'出拨出（专用）：Two
rooms
were set ajjart/or use as libraries.留出两个.房间作 为图书室。
,set sth^a'side 1 to
move sth to one side until you need it把…放到一旁（或搁到一边> 2 to save or keep
1823 set
money or time for a
particular purpose.省出留出（'钱
或时间）：She tries to set asi’de
some money every month.她每个月都尽量存点钱。3 to not consider sth， because othei"
things are more important 暂时:不考虑
.或放―■放cm disregard ： Let's set aside my personal /edings /or now.目前咱们就不要顾及我的个人
感情了〇 4 (/flw.律)to
state that a decision .made by a court is not legally valid撤销，驳回（法院的判决）；宣
布无效.：The verdict was 'set aside
by the A即ea〖.Court. 上诉法庭驳回了那个裁决。
,set sth/sb^'back to delay the progress of
sth/sb by a particular time使推迟；耽误；使延误：The bad weather set back the
building programme by several weeks.天汽恶劣，建筑计划延误r几个星期。——related noun setback 圓set sb 'back sth [no passive] (/n/om7a/):to ■cost
sb a particular amount of money 使花费；使破赛：
rhe
repairs couid set you baefc .over £200.这次修理大概
::得花你 200 多英镑。‘ o'note at cost .selsth
'back (from
sth) (usually passive] to place sth, especially
a building, at a distance from sth■使（建筑物等、）与•，拉
.■开距离：7Vie house is set weH
back 介om the road•这座 房子离公路挺远。
,set sb—1 down (8r£) (of a bus or train，or its driver 公共 汽车、.火车或司机）to stop and allow sb to get 6ff让某 Passengers may be set
down and picked up only at the ojfiiciai stops.乘客只有在正式车站方可上卡车。
,set
sth^'down 1 to write sth down on paper in order to
record it 写不.；.记下； '登记 2.to.'give
sth as a rule， principle, etc.制订，规定（规则、原则等TTie standards were set
down by the governing body.
准是由管理机构制订的。
,set 'forth [literary) to start a journey 动身；启程 ,set sth*-*'forth (formal) to present sth or make it known 陈述；阐明 Hmexpound• The President set /orth his views in a
teievision broadcast.总统在电视讲话
中阐述了自己的观点。
,set ’in.(of
rain, bad weather，infection, etc.雨、恶劣天 气感染等）.to begin and
seem likely.to continue.到 ■来；开始：The rain seemed to
have set in for the day.
_好_要下一天了。，set sth ‘i.n/’into .sth [usua丨ly passive] to fasten sth into a flat surface so that
it does not stick out from it.把…装进…（.或镶入…中.)，■: a plaque set info fhe waH装在;上的饰板
,set ‘ off to begin a journey 出发；动身；启程：We set ojf /or
门，警铃就会响。’3 to start a process or series of events 引发；激起：.Pcmic on the
stock market set 〇开 a
wav€ o/seHing.股市恐慌引发了一轮抛售潮。4 to make sth more noticeable
or attractive by being placed near it衬托；使显得更突出（或更漂亮）：That Mouse sets ojf the
Wueo/her eyes.那件上衣衬托出了她的蓝眼睛。，set sb 'off (doing sth) to make sb start doing
sth such as laughing, crying or talking使某人笑（或哭、说等）起来
‘set
on/upon sb [usually passive] to attack sb suddenly 突 然攻击；袭击：I opened the gate, and was immediate^ set on by a
iarge dog.我一开R,'、—条大狗就迎面扑来。
'set sb/sth on sb to make a person or an animal attack sb
suddenly使突然攻击；使袭击：77ie /armer threatened to set his dogs on
us•农场主威胁要放出狗来
咬我们。
,set 'out 1 to
leave a place and begin a journey ;
:■动身；■,启程：They set out ori. the last stage of their 扣urney.他们动身踏上最后一段行程。2 to begin a job, task,
etc. with a particular aim or goal (怀着目标 >
开 始工作，展开彳至.务..：She set out to
bred/c the vvortd record.她一心努力i打破世界纪录。◊ 77i?ysucceededfn what
they set out to do.他们实现了既定的目标。，set sth-~>’out 1 to
arrange or display things 安’排；摆威；
陈■列：ffer work is ahvays.very weH
set out.她总是把卫 4安排得很有条理,2 to present ideas,
facts, etc. in an organized way, in speech or writing』■(有条理地 >
陈 .述，阐明：He set out his
objections to the plan.他陈▲ 了 i也对k个计划的反对意见。◊ Sfte set out the reasons