1to make someone or something different from other people or things 使某人/某物与众不同
Her unusual lifestyle set her apart as a child.
小时候,她独特的生活方式令她显得与众不同。
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set somebody/something apart• Such seriousness and ambition in a very young man set him apart.• BAs gloomy as this prospect might be, it also set us apart.• A penchant for setting oneself apart and above meremortals.• Such seriousness, intensity, and power in a young man set him apart and left an impression on others.• I was the first, but beyond that I see nothing to set me apart from anyone else.• The new software was a uniquetool that set the Microsoft Network apart from other commercialonline services.• What sets it apart is where it comes from.• They seemed to bend at the knee, setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved.• What set it apart was the way irrigation and power production were linked.
a)DIFFERENTif a quality sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from or better than other people or things 使与众不同,使优于〔其他人或物〕
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Man’s ability to reason sets him apart from other animals.
人的推理能力使其有别于其他动物。
b)SEPARATEto keep something, especially a particular time, for a special purpose 留出,拨出〔作某种用途,尤指在某个时间〕
be set apart for something
Traditionally, these days were set apart for prayer and fasting.
传统上,这几天是专门用于祷告和斋戒的。
nGrammar
Set apart is usually passive in this meaning.
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set apart• BAs gloomy as this prospect might be, it also set us apart.• A penchant for setting oneself apart and above meremortals.• Such seriousness, intensity, and power in a young man set him apart and left an impression on others.• I was the first, but beyond that I see nothing to set me apart from anyone else.• His ugliness set him apart; his ugliness had made him vain.• What sets it apart is where it comes from.• They seemed to bend at the knee, setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved.• What set it apart was the way irrigation and power production were linked.