phr. all set 〈口〉作好(充分)准备的
The country is all set to launch the spacecraft. 该国已作好发射飞船的充分准备。
She got all set for the plane. 她已作好上飞机的(充分)准备。
get (或 have) sb. set 〈澳新俚〉对某人有恶感，和某人过不去
set about 1. 开始，着手
She lit the fire and set about making the soup. 她生了火，开始做汤。
After breakfast, she set about her household duties. 早餐后她开始做家务。
2. 散布(谣言等)
set about scandal 散布流言飞语
3. 〈英口〉袭击，攻击；抨击
set about one's adversary in strong language 猛烈抨击敌手
4. 试图
He set about persuading me to his way of thinking. 他试图说服我接受他的想法。
set against 1. 用…抵消，从…中减去
Certain business losses can be set (off) against taxes. 部分营业亏损可因少付税款而得到补偿。
2. 把…和…作比较
The advantages must be set against the disadvantages. 必须权衡利弊。
3. 使反对；使敌视
They set his friends against him. 他们使他的朋友们反对他。
His parents are very much set against the marriage. 他的父母竭力反对这门婚事。
set apart 1. 使分离，使分开
set the fighting boys apart (from each other) 把打架的男孩们拉开
2. 留出，拨出(时间、金钱等)
One day of the week should be set apart for relaxation. 每星期应留出一天使自己放松一下。
3. 使显得突出，使显得与众不同
Her bright red scarf set her apart from the other girls. 她那鲜红的围巾使她在姑娘们中间显得特别引人注目。
set aside 1. 留出，拨出(时间、金钱等)
Try and set aside time to do some mending jobs. 设法留出时间做一些修修补补的活儿。
2. 把…置于一旁，不顾；不理会；不接受
Let's set aside our personal feelings. 让我们抛开个人情绪。
He set all our objections aside. 他不理会我们所有的反对意见。
3. 撤销；驳回；宣布…无效
The judge set aside the decision of the lower court. 法官撤销了下级法院的判决。
4. 征用(耕地)
set at (怂恿…)袭击
The thugs set at him from every side. 暴徒们从四面八方向他袭来。
He was rude enough to set a dog at me. 他很无礼，竟然嗾狗来咬我。
set back 1. 把(钟、表)的指针往回拨
set back (the hands of) the watch one hour 把表的指针拨回一小时
2. 推迟；耽搁；阻碍
The bad weather will set back our building plans. 恶劣的天气将推迟我们的营造计划。
All his efforts were set back. 他的一切努力都受到了挫折。
3. [常用被动语态] 使(建筑物等)位于不突出处
a white house set far back from the road 远离公路的一幢白房子
4. 〈口〉使花费
The legal costs of the case set him back ￡10,000. 这场官司花了他1万镑。
set before 1. 把…放在…面前
2. 把…放在…之先，认为…比…更重要
set work before pleasure 把工作放在娱乐之前
3. 把…提交…考虑(或处理)
Your suggestion will be set before the committee at its next meeting. 你的建议将提交委员会的下次会议讨论。
set behind 抛弃
He set behind him resolutely all his hopes of making a name for himself. 他坚决抛弃了使自己出名的一切希望。
set beside 使…与…相比
There is no one to set beside him as an actor. 作为演员没有人能和他相比。
set by 1. 把(工作等)暂时搁在一边
2. 〈美〉留出，拨出(时间、金钱等)
You should set by some money each month for the children's education. 你应该每月留出一点钱作为孩子将来的教育费用。
3. [与 much, a great deal, little 等连用]尊重；重视
His name was much set by in former days. 从前他的名字很受尊重。
set little by death 蔑视死亡
He sets more by action than by talk. 他重行动而不是空谈。
set down 1. 放下
set down a suitcase 放下手提箱
2. 让(乘客)下车
The taxi driver set her down at the corner. 出租车司机让她在拐角处下车。
3. 使(飞机)降落；降落
We set down in a heavy fog. 我们(的飞机)在浓雾中降落。
4. 写下，记下
It's all set down in the notebook. 内容全记在笔记本上了。
5. 把…看作(as)
They set him down as unfit. 他们认为他不合适。
6. 把…归因(于) (to)
set sb.'s bad manners down to his ignorance 把某人的不礼貌归因于无知
7. 制定(规则、原则等)；确定(日期等)；确定…的日期
The trial has been set down for 12 April. 审讯已定于4月12日举行。
8. 使坐下
9. 申斥，责难
10. (赛马中)暂停(骑师)参加比赛
set fair 见 fair¹
set forth 1. 陈述，阐明
The committee set forth their views in a report published today. 委员会在今天发表的一份报告中阐明了他们的看法。
2. 陈列
set forth the presents for all to see 陈列礼品供大家观赏
3. 出发，动身，启程
set forth on a trip around the world 启程作周游世界的旅行
set forward 1. 促进
set forward the revolutionary cause of the oppressed 促进被压迫人民的革命事业
2. 提出
The committee set forward several practical proposals. 委员会提出了几项切实可行的建议。
3. 把(钟、表等)拨快
set one's watch forward two hours 把表拨快两小时
4. 把(会议等)提前
5. 〈古〉出发
If we don't set forward soon, darkness will overtake us. 如果我们不马上出发，天就要黑了。
set in 1. 到来并可能持续；开始
Winter sets in early in the north. 北方冬天来得早。
The rainy weather has set in. 雨季已开始。
He did not keep the cut clean and infection set in. 他未保持伤口的洁净，因而发生了感染。
Enmity might set in between the two peoples. 两国人民之间可能会产生敌意。
2. (潮水)上涨；(水)流向岸边；(风)吹向岸边
The tide is setting in. 开始涨潮了。
3. 使(船)驶向岸边
4. 插入，嵌入；缝上
The builders set the panels in carefully. 建筑工人小心地把嵌板镶上。
Can you help me to set in the sleeves? 你能帮我缝上袖子吗?
5. 流行，盛行
A new vogue in caps seemed to have set in. 一种新式样的帽子似乎流行起来了。
set loose 见 loose
set off 1. 出发，启程
set off in search of the lost child 出发寻找走失的孩子
set off for home 动身回家
2. 使爆炸
Tear-gas bombs were set off to disperse the crowds. 施放了催泪弹以驱散群众。
3. 激起；引起
A letter from home set off an attack of homesickness. 一封家信勾起了一阵乡思。
The landslides were set off by the earthquake. 塌方是由地震引起的。
4. (使)开始(做某事)
If you mention the war, it'll just set him off on one of his distressing stories. 只要你提到那场战争，就会促使他谈论自己痛苦的往事。
Once he sets off talking he never stops. 他一打开话匣子就没个完。
5. 通过对比使突出，衬托出
A gold pin set off her dark dress. 一枚金饰针使她那深色的连衣裙更显眼。
6. 抵消；用…抵消(against)
Some of your debts can be set off with your wife's money. 你的部分债务可用你妻子的钱来抵消。
set off gains against losses 以盈利抵消亏损
7. (用记号)分开
set off a clause by a comma 用逗号把从句分开
8. 拨出
A part of the hospital was set off for the care of contagious disease. 医院的一部分被拨出来供护理传染病患者用。
9. 【印】(油墨未干的印张)染污次页(或次张)
10. 使(闹钟)响
set on 1. (使)袭击
The bandit set on me with a knife. 盗匪持刀向我袭来。
He set the dog on the intruder. 他放狗去咬闯入者。
2. 唆使，煽动，鼓捣
set sb. on to attack another 怂恿某人攻击另一人
The boy always sets the others on (to misbehave). 这男孩经常鼓动他人捣蛋。
3. 使开始工作
Extra hands were set on to the job. 额外的人手被指派来干这活儿。
4. 〈古〉前进
The order came to set on. 前进的命令下达了。
5. 〈废〉促进
set out 1. 出发
set out for London 出发去伦敦
set out on a trip 动身去旅行
All the villagers have set out looking for the missing child. 全体村民已出发去寻找失踪的小孩。
2. 开始 (as, in,on)
She set out as an actress with the help of a director. 在一位导演的帮助下她开始当演员。
Setting out in business is no easy job. 经商伊始事业不易。
set out on one's lifework 开始从事自己的毕生事业
3. 打算，试图；使(自己)尽力
He failed in what he had set out to do. 他没有做到自己原来想做的事。
set out to prove a theory 试图证明一项理论
The student set himself out to finish his thesis within this week. 这学生力图在本周内完成论文。
4. 陈列；展开；展现
The goods are set out in the shop window. 货物陈列在商店的橱窗里。
set out a flag 展开旗帜
The fine scenery was set out before us when we reached the top of the hill. 我们到达山顶时美景展现在我们眼前。
5. 摆出
set out a meal on a table 把饭菜摆上桌
6. 规划，设计(城市、花园等)；布置(房间等)
7. 栽种(秧苗)
8. 陈述，阐明(理由等)
set out one's arguments in detail 详述自己的论点
9. 打扮(自己)
She set herself out in her best dress for the dinner party. 她穿上最讲究的衣服准备赴宴。
10. 系统地安排；生动地说明
The grammar is well set out. 这部语法书系统性强。
11. 用线条勾划出(图案等)；在(加工件)上划出线条
12. 确定…的范围(或界线)
13. 【印】排完(一盘铅字)；把…宽排
set right (或 to rights) 见 right
set to 1. 开始起劲地干
We all set to and got the place cleaned up in no time. 我们一齐大干起来，一会儿就把那地方打扫干净了。
2. 开始狼吞虎咽地吃
The children set to as soon as food was put on the table. 饭菜一摆上桌，孩子们就大吃起来。
3. 开始殴打(或争吵)
One man called the other an impostor and they set to. 一个人骂另一人是骗子，于是两人就扭打起来。
set up 1. 竖立；架起；建造
set up a flagpole (monument) 立旗杆(纪念碑)
He set up the camera under the shade of a tree. 他在树荫下架起了摄像机。
set up a folding chair 支起折叠椅
set up a roadblock 设置路障
set up a tent (shed) 搭帐篷(棚)
set up a power station 建造发电站
set up a wall 筑墙
2. 升起；张贴
set up a flag 升旗
set up a sail 扯帆
set up a sign 挂出招牌(或标志)
set up a notice 张贴布告
3. 装配，装置
set up a loom (printing press) 把织布机(印刷机)装配起来
set up the apparatus for an experiment 安装仪器准备做实验
4. 调试；为…作好准备
Can you show me how to set up the video? 你能指点我怎样调试录像机吗?
It took a long time to set up the experiment. 为这项实验作好准备花了很长时间。
5. 设置(布景)
set up the scenery for the second act 为第二幕设置布景
Have the stage workers set up yet? 舞台工作人员把布景布置好了吗?
6. 树立，推崇
He was set up as our example. 他被树立为我们的榜样。
7. 创立，建立；设立，开办
set up an interim government 建立临时政府
set up a committee of enquiry 设立调查委员会
set up a school 开办学校
set up a company (clinic, hospital) 开设公司(诊所，医院)
8. 创(纪录)
9. 提出(计划等)
set up a theory 提出一项理论
10. 引起，产生
Heavy smoking is liable to set up an irritation in the throat. 大量抽烟容易引起咽喉发炎。
11. 大声发出
set up a protest 大声抗议
set up a wail 号啕大哭
12. 使掌权；使任职
set sb. up on the throne 拥立某人为王
set sb. up as Pope 立某人为教皇
13. 开业，开始经商；资助…开业，资助…开始经商
set up (for oneself) as a contractor 开始当承包商
I shall set (myself) up as a dentist. 我将开业做牙医。
His father set him up in business. 他的父亲资助他进入商界。
14. 自称为，自命为；声称(自己)为 (as, for, to be)
I don't set up to be an authority on this subject. 我不认为自己在这门学科方面是权威。
set up as (或 for) a gentleman 以绅士自居
David set himself up as a doctor, but nobody thought he was qualified. 戴维自称是医生，但大家都认为他不合格。
15. (充分)供给 (with, for)
He set me up with a lot of collateral readings. 他为我提供了大量补充读物。
I was (well) set up with clothes for the winter. 我备足了过冬衣服。
We're well set up for (或 with) coal. 我们备足了煤。
16. 使振作，使高兴
The boy was set up by the unexpected praise. 意想不到的表扬使这个男孩感到振奋。
17. 使骄傲，使自负
Don't be set up with your success. 不要由于成功而骄傲自满。
18. 使恢复健康，使复原
A good night's sleep will set you up. 好好睡一夜，你的体力就会恢复。
19. 精心策划
set up a bank robbery 精心策划抢劫银行
20. 〈口〉端上(酒或饮料)；为他人付(酒或饮食)账；请…客
Set'em up, Joe. 伙计，上酒。
I'll set up the next round. 下一巡酒我会钞。
set sb. up to a meal 请某人吃顿饭
21. 〈口〉冤枉，诬陷
I'm not to blame; I've been set up. 我没有过错，是人家设计诬陷我。
22. (水泥等)凝固，变得坚硬
23. (制图中)在底边上作(垂线或图)
24. 使紧；【海】收紧(绳索等)
set up a pipe joint 拧紧管子的接头
set up the rigging 收紧索具
25. 【印】排(铅字)；把(稿本等)排版
26. 【军】教练，锻炼
set up recruits 训练新兵
set upon (使)袭击