🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：

set off

set off
phrasal verbphr v 
a) LEAVE A PLACEto start to go somewhere 出发，启程，动身
 I’ll set off early to avoid the traffic.
我要早些出发避开交通拥堵。
for
 Jerry and I set off on foot for the beach.
我和杰里步行前往沙滩。
b) set something ↔ offSTART something/MAKE something START to make something start happening, especially when you do not intend to do so 引起，激发〔尤指意外事件〕
 News that the claims might be true set off widespread panic.
这种说法可能属实的消息引起了普遍的恐慌。
 Hong Kong’s stock market fell, setting off a global financial crisis.
香港股市下跌，引发了一场全球性的金融危机。
 Register
In written English, people often say that something triggers a particular reaction or event, rather than sets it off, because it sounds more formal: 在书面英语中,人们说某事引发某种反应或事件时,经常用trigger,而不用set off,因为trigger听上去更加正式
This could trigger a global financial crisis.
这可能会引发一场全球性的金融危机。
c) set something ↔ off to make an alarm start ringing 触响〔警报系统〕
 Smoke from a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm.
香烟的烟雾一般不会触发烟雾警报器。
d) set something ↔ offSCBEXPLODE to make a bomb explode, or cause an explosion 使〔炸弹〕爆炸；引发〔爆炸〕
 Any movement could have set off the bomb.
任何动静都可能引爆这颗炸弹。
e) set something ↔ offSUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHER if a piece of clothing, colour, decoration etc sets something off, it makes it look attractive 衬托某物；使某物显得更漂亮
 The blue sundress set off her long blonde hair.
蓝色的太阳裙把她那金色的长发衬托得更加美丽。
f) set somebody offSTART something/MAKE something START to make someone start laughing, crying, or talking about something 激起某人的某种情感〔指引起某人发笑、哭泣、谈论某事等〕
 Don’t mention what happened – you’ll only set her off again.
别提发生的事了——你这样只会让她又哭起来。
g) set something off against taxPET to officially record the money you have spent on something connected with your job, in order to reduce the amount of tax you have to pay 把某事物计入账里抵税
 Some expenses can be set off against tax.
有些开支可以入账抵税。
Examples from the Corpus
set off• Nobody knows what set the riot off.• Police say radio signals were probably used to set the bomb off.• The alarm is so sensitive that the slightest movement will set it off.• The group set off a bomb outside a crowded cafe in Izmir last September.• The army's invasion set off a major international crisis.• The splitting of an atom sets off an explosive chain reaction.• In 1992, tidal waves set off by a strong earthquake killed around 2000 people.• Smoke alarms can be set off by smoke from cigarettes, cooking, and fireplaces.• If we set off early in the morning we should reach the coast before dark.• We set off for Brighton in good spirits.• It's a lovely dress, and a brightly coloured silk scarf will set it off perfectly.• Someone accidentally set off the fire alarm.• The brass rail sets off the wooden panelling very nicely.
set for• They agreed they were quite lucky to escape the fire and set off for a foreign country.• When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool, after-rain air.• Gregorio and I set off for London.• Thomson, eager to experience as many of these opportunities as possible, set off for Penang in 1862.• We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard.• Wilcock set off for the New World.• She set off for the second floor, but there was no police officer there.• Refreshed, and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day.
→ set off at set1(PHRASAL VERB)
set offChinese
set off phrasal verb
⇨ set off (set off at dawn) ⇨ prompt (set off a debate) ⇨ turn sth on (set off the alarm)set off

phrasal verb

  ➡ See also the entry for leave 1 另见leave条第1义set off ♦︎ take off ♦︎ start ♦︎ set out ♦︎ set sailThese words all mean to begin a journey. 这些词均表示出发、起程。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to set off / take off / start / set out / set sail for / from sth◆to set off / take off / start (out) / set out / set sail on a journey, voyage, etc.◆to set off / take off / start / set out early■ ˌset ˈoff

phrasal verb

(setting, set, set)to leave at the start of a journey 出发；动身；起程◆We set off at dawn.我们黎明时就出发了。◆They set off to explore the island.他们动身去那个岛上探险。■ ˌtake ˈoff

phrasal verb

(took, taken)(of an aircraft) to leave the ground and begin to fly; (of a person) to set off in an aircraft （飞机）起飞；（人）乘飞机出发◆The plane took off an hour late.飞机起飞晚了一个小时。◆What time do we take off?我们什么时候乘飞机出发？ⓘ In informal American English take off can be used when sb leaves a place to go somewhere else. 在非正式美式英语中，take off可指某人离开某地前往其他地方◆We took off for the beach.我们动身前往海滩。 OPP land ⇨ land verb ■ start [intransitive] to begin a journey 出发；动身；起程◆What time do we start?我们什么时候出发？◆They had started out from Saigon the previous day.他们前一天就已经从西贡出发了。■ ˌset ˈout

phrasal verb

(setting, set, set) (especially written) to leave at the start of a journey 出发；动身；起程◆He set out along the path the old man had shown him.他沿着老人指给他的那条小路出发了。NOTE 辨析 Set off, start out or set out?There is no real difference in meaning between these words. Set off is the most frequent and least formal. Start (out) and set out are used more in written English than in spoken English; set out especially can sound slightly literary. 这三个短语在含义上没有实质差别。set off最常用也最不正式；start (out)和set out较多用于书面语而非口语。set out听起来尤其带点文学色彩。■ set ˈsail

idiom

(setting, set, set) (rather formal) to begin a journey in a ship or boat 起航；开航◆The family set sail for a new life in Australia.这家人起航前往澳大利亚开始新的生活。

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime