set off

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UK 
  • na.分；分割；划开；区划
  • Web出发；动身；引起
Simple Present：sets off  Present Participle：setting off  

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Web Definition

na.
1.
分;分割;划开;区划
2.
装饰;使更鲜明;衬托出;使显得更美丽;表扬
3.
使爆发;发射(焰火);燃放
4.
出发;动身
5.
扣除;抵销
6.
对照;对比
7.
使开始(做某事)
8.
【印】(墨未干)弄污(次页)
1.
分;分割;划开;区划
2.
装饰;使更鲜明;衬托出;使显得更美丽;表扬
3.
使爆发;发射(焰火);燃放
4.
出发;动身
5.
扣除;抵销
6.
对照;对比
7.
使开始(做某事)
8.
【印】(墨未干)弄污(次页)

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,分分,分割分割,划开划开,区划区划,出发出发,动身动身,引起引起
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The next day, after purchasing a more detailed map, I set off again and made good progress on a sugary diet of Coca Cola and Snickers bars.
次日我买了一张更详细的地图又出发了，在一家快餐点吃了一顿甜食后骑得很快。
cì rì wǒ mǎi le yī zhāng gèng xiáng xì de dì tú yòu chū fā le , zài yì jiā kuài cān diǎn chī le yī dùn tián shí hòu qí de hěn kuài 。
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2.
Your speech at the meeting set off the dean's interest, and he expected you to write down the main ideas.
你在会上的发言给系主任留下了深刻印象，他希望你把主要的观点写下来。
nǐ zài huì shàng de fā yán gěi xì zhǔ rèn liú xià le shēn kè yìn xiàng , tā xī wàng nǐ bǎ zhǔ yào de guān diǎn xiě xià lái 。
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3.
Mr Berlusconi himself set off speculation over his future a week ago by speaking vaguely of a "coup" plot against him.
贝卢斯科尼本人在一周前含糊地提到一场针对他的“政变”阴谋，从而引发了对其未来的猜测。
bèi lú sī kē ní běn rén zài yī zhōu qián hán hu de tí dào yī chǎng zhēn duì tā de " zhèng biàn " yīn móu , cóng ér yǐn fā le duì qí wèi lái de cāi cè 。
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4.
Just a year year ago, a Pakistani-born U. S. citizen - Faisal Shahzad - tried to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square.
就在一年前，巴基斯坦出生的美国公民费萨尔。沙赫扎德企图在纽约时报广场引爆一枚汽车炸弹。
jiù zài yī nián qián , bā jī sī tǎn chū shēng de měi guó gōng mín fèi sà ěr 。 shā hè zhā dé qǐ tú zài niǔ yuē shí bào guǎng chǎng yǐn bào yī méi qì chē zhà dàn 。
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5.
Mother set off with some of the children to look for Bill, but they could find no sign of him.
母亲掀起与一些儿童寻找条例草案，但他们没有发现他的迹象。
mǔ qīn xiān qǐ yǔ yì xiē ér tóng xún zhǎo tiáo lì cǎo àn , dàn tā men méi yǒu fā xiàn tā de jì xiàng 。
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6.
He set off at 16, a seemingly conventional young man, to make his way as a dealer first in The Hague and then, via Paris, in London.
16岁离开家时，他看上去是个中规中矩的年轻人，先是到海牙做了商人，后来途经巴黎，到达伦敦。
shí liù suì lí kāi jiā shí , tā kàn shàng qù shì gè zhōng guī zhōng jǔ de nián qīng rén , xiān shì dào hǎi yá zuò le shāng rén , hòu lái tú jīng bā lí , dào dá lún dūn 。
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7.
Men and women do seem to absorb small levels through normal sunscreen use, but there was no evidence that it set off hormonal changes.
在使用防晒霜过程中，人类的确会吸收少量氧苯酮，但却没有证据能表明其会引发荷尔蒙变化。
zài shǐ yòng fáng shài shuāng guò chéng zhōng , rén lèi dí què huì xī shōu shǎo liàng yǎng běn tóng , dàn què méi yǒu zhèng jù néng biǎo míng qí huì yǐn fā hé ěr měng biàn huà 。
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8.
The order from the commander was that the troops should set off for the front immediately.
司令官的命令是部队立即开拔去前线。
sī lìng guān de mìng lìng shì bù duì lì jí kāi bá qù qián xiàn 。
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9.
I saw her, pale, her lips parted with horror, get into the sledge, shut her eyes and saying good-bye for ever to the earth, set off.
我看着她，脸色惨白，害怕得张着嘴巴坐进雪橇里，闭上眼睛跟世界永远地告别后出发了。
wǒ kàn zhe tā , liǎn sè cǎn bái , hài pà de zhāng zhe zuǐ ba zuò jìn xuě qiāo lǐ , bì shàng yǎn jing gēn shì jiè yǒng yuǎn de gào bié hòu chū fā le 。
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10.
The bursting of that bubble set off the chain reaction of financial implosions that we are experiencing at the moment.
泡沫破裂引起了一连串金融危机的爆发，这就是我们现在所经受的。
pào mò pò liè yǐn qǐ le yì lián chuàn jīn róng wēi jī de bào fā , zhè jiù shì wǒ men xiàn zài suǒ jīng shòu de 。
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