set /sɛt/ ( setting, sets )

• N-COUNT

• 1. 

  V-T If you set something somewhere, you put it there, especially in a careful or deliberate way. (小心地) 放置

  例：

  He took the case out of her hand and set it on the floor.

  他从她手中接过箱子并置于地板上。

• 2. 

  ADJ If something is set in a particular place or position, it is in that place or position. 处于…的; 位于…的 [v-link ADJ prep/adv]

  例：

  The castle is set in 25 acres of beautiful grounds.

  城堡坐落于方圆25英亩的宜人场地。

• 3. 

  ADJ If something is set into a surface, it is fixed there and does not stick out. 嵌入的 [v-link ADJ prep/adv]

  例：

  The man unlocked a gate set in a high wall and let me through.

  那人打开砌在高墙中的门，放我过去了。

• 4. 

  V-T You can use set to say that a person or thing causes another person or thing to be in a particular condition or situation. For example, to set someone free means to cause them to be free, and to set something going means to cause it to start working. 使…处于某种状况; 使开始

  例：

  Set the kitchen timer going.

  启动厨房定时器。

  例：

  Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire.

  已经有几十人受伤，很多车辆被放火焚烧。

• 5. 

  V-T When you set a clock or control, you adjust it to a particular point or level. 拨; 调

  例：

  Set the volume as high as possible.

  把音量尽量调大。

• 6. 

  V-T If you set a date, price, goal, or level, you decide what it will be. 决定; 确定

  例：

  The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow.

  会议主席设定明天中午为最后期限。

  例：

  A date will be set for a future meeting.

  将为未来的会议确定一个日期。.

• 7. 

  V-T If you set a certain value on something, you think it has that value. 确定

  例：

  She sets a high value on autonomy.

  她高度重视自主权。

• 8. 

  V-T If you set something such as a record, an example, or a precedent, you do something that people will want to copy or try to achieve. 树立 (样板)

  例：

  Legal experts said her case would not set a precedent because it was an out-of-court settlement.

  法律专家说她的案子不会开创先例，因为是庭外和解。

• 9. 

  V-T If someone sets you a task or aim or if you set yourself a task or aim, you need to succeed in doing it. 分派; 制订

  例：

  I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives.

  我必须给我的学术工作制订非常严格的计划，并给自己规定明确的目标。

• 10. 

  ADJ You use set to describe something which is fixed and cannot be changed. 固定不变的

  例：

  A set period of fasting is supposed to bring us closer to godliness.

  通常认为一段固定的斋戒期可以使我们更虔诚。

• 11. 

  ADJ A set book must be studied by students taking a particular course. 指定的 [英国英语] [ADJ n]

• 12. 

  ADJ If a play, movie, or story is set in a particular place or period of time, the events in it take place in that place or period. 以…为背景的 [v-link ADJ prep/adv]

  例：

  The play is set in a small Midwestern town.

  这出戏是以中西部的一个小城镇为背景的。

• 13. 

  ADJ If you are set to do something, you are ready to do it or are likely to do it. If something is set to happen, it is about to happen or likely to happen. 作好准备的; 有可能的 [v-link ADJ to-inf]

  例：

  Roberto Baggio was set to become one of the greatest players of all time.

  罗伯特·巴乔有可能成为有史以来最伟大的球星之一。

• 14. 

  ADJ If you are set on something, you are strongly determined to do or have it. If you are set against something, you are strongly determined not to do or have it. 执意的 [v-link ADJ 'on/against' n/-ing]

  例：

  She was set on going to an all-girls school.

  她执意要去一所女子学校读书。

• 15. 

  V-I When something such as jelly, melted plastic, or cement sets, it becomes firm or hard. 凝固; 凝结

  例：

  You can add ingredients to these desserts as they begin to set.

  你可以在那些甜点快凝固时添加一些成分。

• 16. 

  V-I When the sun sets, it goes below the horizon. (太阳) 落下

  例：

  They watched the sun set behind the distant dales.

  他们远观夕阳落下山谷。

• 17. 

  V-T To set a trap means to prepare it to catch someone or something. 设置

  例：

  He seemed to think I was setting some sort of trap for him.

  他似乎认为我正给他设置某种陷阱。

• 18. 

  V-T When someone sets the table, they prepare it for a meal by putting plates and cutlery on it. 摆放

  例：

  One would shop and cook, another would set the table and another would wash up.

  一人会购物和烹饪，一人摆桌子，另外一人洗餐具。

• 19. 

  V-T If someone sets a poem or a piece of writing to music, they write music for the words to be sung to. 为…谱曲; 为…配乐

  例：

  He has attracted much interest by setting ancient religious texts to music.

  他为古代宗教经文谱曲，引起了很多人的兴趣。

• 20. 

  → see also setting

• 21. 

  PHRASE If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place. 为…作好准备; 为…创造条件

  例：

  The Democratic convention has set the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn.

  民主党全国代表大会已为今秋激烈的竞选活动作好了准备。

• 22. 

  to set fire to something →see fire

• 23. 

  to set foot somewhere →see foot

• 24. 

  to set your heart on something →see heart

• 25. 

  to set sail →see sail

• 26. 

  to set to work →see work