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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 |