| 单词 | set sb up |
| 释义 | set sb up (infml 口) (a) make sb healthier, stronger, more lively, etc 使某人更健康、 强壮、 活跃等 A hot drink will soon set you up. 你喝杯热饮料马上就精神了. A week in the country will set her up nicely after her operation. 她手术後在郊外住上一个星期一定能复原. (b) provide sb with the money to start a business, buy a house, etc 使某人有钱创业、 买房子等 Her father set her up in business. 她父亲出钱帮她创业. His father set him up as a bookseller. 他父亲资助他做了书商. Winning all that money on the pools set her up for life. 她赢得足球普尔的那些彩金已够她一生花用不尽. set sth up (a) place sth in position; erect sth 摆放或竖起某物 set up a memorial, monument, statue, etc 竖起纪念物、 纪念碑、 塑像等 Police set up road-blocks on routes leading out of the city. 警方在通往城外的路上设置了路障. (b) make (an apparatus, a machine, etc) ready for use 使（器械、 机器等）准备使用 How long will it take to set up the projector? 把这个放映机安放好需要多长时间? (c) establish or create sth 建立或开创某事物 The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse. 政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题. A fund will be set up for the dead men´s families. 抚恤死难工人家属的基金会即将建立起来. (d) establish (a record speed, time or distance in a sport) 创（体育）记录 She set up a new world record time in the 100 metres. 她创下了新的百米世界记录. (e) cause or produce sth 造成或产生某事物 The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world. 华尔街金融滑坡引起世界股票市场的连锁反应. (f) begin to make (the specified loud noise) 开始发出（很大的噪声） set up a commotion, din, row, etc 发出骚乱声、 嘈杂声、 争吵声等 The cats set up a frightful yowling when the dog appeared. 猫看到那条狗就都大声叫起来. set (oneself) up as sb establish oneself in business as (a shopkeeper, craftsman, etc) 当上（店主、 手艺人等） He moved to Leeds and set up as a printer. 他搬到利兹干起了印刷业. set oneself up as sb regard oneself as or claim to be (the specified type of person) 将自己视为或称作（某种人） He likes to set himself up as an intellectual. 他喜欢自命为知识分子. |
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