set something ↔ aside

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set aside• Discard fat from saucepan and set pan aside.• He took a sip of tea and set the cup aside.• How could we set her aside?• Then sift them into the bowl; set sifter aside.• Wednesday, perceiving no choice, he set it aside.• Chop the dates into pieces about the size of corn kernels and set them aside as well.• I do not need it and will set it aside for you, my dear boy, to complete your studies.• I set those thoughts aside to peruse the direction my instincts led me to take.

set for• We all set Fridays aside for preparation, which means that we can collaborate closely on course work.

ˈset-aˌside noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1. British EnglishBrE an arrangement in the European Union in which a government pays farmers to leave some of their fields empty, in order to avoid producing too much of a crop and to keep the price higher 休耕措施〔歐盟采取的一項措施，由政府給農民補貼讓他們閒置部分農田，以防止某一作物産量過多，維持該作物較高的價格〕

2 an arrangement in the US in which a local government helps small businesses to develop by making financial help available to them 小企業補貼〔美國地方政府幫助小企業發展的一種補貼〕

In 1976, Connecticut established one of the nation’s first set-aside programs.

1976年，康涅狄格州制訂了美國最早的小企業補貼計劃之一。

3. an amount of money that is kept so that it can be used for a special purpose 〔留作特殊用途的〕備用金 SYN reserve

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set-aside• The 30 % set-aside did not apply to city contracts awarded to minority-owned prime contractors.• However, the star performance came from the consultants' programme on first wheat after set-aside.• The administration has imposed a three-year moratorium on federal minority set-aside programs.

From Longman Business Dictionary

set something → aside phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT]

1to keep something, especially a particular amount of money, so that it can be used for a special purpose

$500,000 were set aside in a ‘reserve account’, the government document said.

2to officially cancel an earlier legal decision or agreement

The judgeset aside a jury verdict awarding £3.2 million to a private firm in a contract dispute.

→ see also set-aside

→ set

set-asideˈset-aˌside noun [countableC]FINANCE

1an amount of money kept so that it can be used for a special purposeSYN RESERVE

The bank is increasing its set-aside at the rate of roughly $50 million a quarter.

2American EnglishAmE an arrangement in which a local government helps small businesses to develop by making loans etc available to them

In 1976, Connecticut established one of the nation’s firstset-aside programs.

set something ↔ aside

phrasal verbphr v

a) SEPARATEto keep something, especially money, time, or a particular area, for a special purpose 留出，撥出〔金錢、時間等〕

for

Try to set aside some time each day for exercise.

每天設法留出點時間來進行鍛煉。

a room that had been set aside for visitors

留給客人用的一個房間

b) FORGETto decide not to consider a particular feeling or thing because something else is more important 暫不考慮，不顧；對…置之不理

Both sides agreed to set aside the question of independence.

雙方同意把獨立的問題置不提。

c) SCLto officially state that a previous legal decision or agreement no longer has any effect 宣布〔以前的判決或協議〕無效，撤銷，駁回

The judge set aside the verdict of the lower court.

法官宣布下級法院的判決無效。

d) if a farmer sets aside land, he or she agrees not to grow any crops on it, and accepts a payment from the government for this 〔農民同意接受政府的補貼而〕閒置〔農田〕，不耕種作物

Examples from the Corpus

set for• We all set Fridays aside for preparation, which means that we can collaborate closely on course work.

→ set something ↔ aside at set1(PHRASAL VERB)

ˈset-aˌside nounset something ↔ aside

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