set up

phrasal verbphr v

a) company/organization etc 公司/机构等START something/MAKE something START to start a company, organization, committee etc 建立，成立，创立〔公司、机构、委员会等〕 SYN establish

set something ↔ up

They want to set up their own import–export business.

他们想要成立自己的进出口公司。

new regulations for setting up political parties

成立政党的新规定

set (yourself) up (as something) (=start your own business) 开业做（某种生意）

John decided to set up as a graphic designer.

约翰决定自己开业做平面造型设计师。

set up shop/set up in business (=begin operating a business) 开店/开始做生意

Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe.

现在Betterware公司计划在欧洲的其他地方开分店。

b) arrange/organize 安排/组织 set something ↔ upSTART something/MAKE something START to make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen 安排某事

I’ll set up an appointment for you.

我来为你安排约见。

There was a lot of work involved in setting up the festival.

筹备节庆活动要做大量的工作。

c) equipment 设备PREPARE to prepare the equipment that will be needed for an activity so that it is ready to be used 安装；架设；调试

The next band was already setting up on the other stage.

下一支乐队已经开始在另一个舞台布置设备了。

set something ↔ up

Can someone set the overhead projector up?

有人能把投影仪调试好吗？

d) build/put up 建立/竖立 set something ↔ upPUT to place or build something somewhere, especially something that is not permanent 〔尤指临时〕建起，竖起

They’ve set up roadblocks around the city.

他们在城里各处设置了路障。

e) trick SB 欺骗某人 set somebody ↔ up informalGUILTY to trick someone in order to achieve what you want, especially to make it appear that they have done something wrong or illegal 诬陷某人，给某人栽赃

Cox claimed that the police had tried to set him up.

考克斯声称警方试图诬陷他。

f) provide money 提供钱款 set somebody ↔ up British EnglishBrE informalRICH to provide someone with money that they need, especially in order to start a business 〔尤指为帮助某人做生意〕资助某人，经济上帮助某人

After he qualified as a doctor, his mother set him up in a practice of his own.

他取得医生资格后，他母亲资助他自己开业行医。

Selling her share of the company has set her up for life.

卖掉了持有的公司股份后，她的钱一辈子都用不完了。

g) healthy/full of energy 健康/精力充沛 set somebody upHEALTHY British EnglishBrE to make you feel healthy and full of energy 使某人觉得健康，使某人精力旺盛

A good breakfast will set you up for the day.

早餐吃得好一整天都会精力充沛。

h) set yourself up as something to deliberately make people believe that you have the authority and skill to do something, especially when this is not true 装成…的模样

politicians who set themselves up as moral authorities

把自己装成道德权威的政客

i) put SB in position 使某人处于某种位置 set somebody up to put someone in a position in which they are able to do something, or in which something is likely to happen to them 使某人处于某种位置，把某人置于某种境地

set somebody up for

If he won the fight, it would set him up for a title shot.

如果打赢这场拳赛，他就有机会问鼎冠军宝座。

Anyone with public duties sets themselves up for attack.

任何担任公职的人都有可能招致批评。

j) relationship 关系 set somebody ↔ up informal to arrange for two people to meet, because you think they might start a romantic relationship 介绍，安排〔两个异性〕认识

‘How did you meet Nick?’ ‘A friend set us up.’

“你是怎么认识尼克的？”“一个朋友介绍的。”

k) set up home/house (also set up housekeeping American EnglishAmE)LIVE SOMEWHERE to get your own home, furniture etc, especially when you leave your parents’ home to live with a wife, husband, or partner 〔尤指离开父母〕成家，过独立生活

Many parents try to help their children set up home.

许多父母都会设法帮助子女建立自己的家庭。

l) NOISE set up a commotion/din/racket etc to start making a loud unpleasant noise 发出喧闹声/嘈杂声/吵闹声等

The party guests were setting up a steady din.

派对上的来宾乱哄哄地吵闹起来。

→ set up camp at camp1(1)

Examples from the Corpus

set up• Cahill has always protested his innocence, and insists that someone set him up.• It'll take a few minutes to set the camera up.• We've set up a microphone in the corner.• Dad set up as a builder in 1990 and now he employs over twenty men.• He wasn't guilty of the fraud. He'd been set up by his business rivals.• The Enterprise Center runs courses for people who want to set up in business on their own.• It was 6:30 and traders were already setting up their market stalls.• Kate and her partner are setting up their own printing business.• The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.• Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you?

set (yourself) up (as something)• A small platform had been set up.• As a result, becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.• Before you set up a plan, therefore, know what it is going to cost you.• Several have human resources consultancies, while Eversheds recently set up a risk management consultancy.• The invalid care allowance she receives is 33.70 a week Marian set up a support group for carers in Oxfordshire.• The agents backed off, setting up an armed perimeter around the house.• Instead, several accounts were set up and money got mixed up.• Staff have already set up eight extra beds, and other hospitals are preparing to help out.

set somebody up• He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.• Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding.

set yourself up as something• Everyone thinks he can set himself up as a dramatic critic.• It's not that he wishes to set himself up as a leader.• He set himself up as a one-man cult.• After all, she was the one who'd set herself up as Jett's little helper.• Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas has, by its own proclamation, set itself up as the Bible for traffic planners.• She was too young to be setting herself up as the devoted handmaiden to the great man.• Why do they set themselves up as tradesmen if that's all they're going to do?

set for• Yet today we are setting ourselves up for an even bigger fall.• The title set the song up for criticism.• The leader sets people up for success then, if it happens, tolerates their occasional failure.• If Bonanza had set Connie Fraser up for the chill, there wouldn't be anything I could do to stop it.• It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow, ahead of the Brückner lawyers.• The team hit virtually every routine Saturday afternoon and set itself up for what could be a shocking team medal Monday night.• How could she avoid discomfort without setting herself up for worse problems by escaping more and learning less?

set up home/house• These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home.• All the costs of getting a mortgage, moving and setting up home can run into thousands.• And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.• Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?• Thousands of them have set up home in the eaves of this house in Banbury.• The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.• Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together.• Desmond Wilcox was a grown man when he chose to leave his wife and children and set up home with Esther.

set up a commotion/din/racket etc• Crickets set up a racket in trees out in the yard.

→ set up at set1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	set up
释义	set up set up phrasal verbphr v a) company/organization etc 公司/机构等START something/MAKE something START to start a company, organization, committee etc 建立，成立，创立〔公司、机构、委员会等〕 SYN establish set something ↔ up They want to set up their own import–export business. 他们想要成立自己的进出口公司。 new regulations for setting up political parties 成立政党的新规定 set (yourself) up (as something) (=start your own business) 开业做（某种生意） John decided to set up as a graphic designer. 约翰决定自己开业做平面造型设计师。 set up shop/set up in business (=begin operating a business) 开店/开始做生意 Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe. 现在Betterware公司计划在欧洲的其他地方开分店。 b) arrange/organize 安排/组织 set something ↔ upSTART something/MAKE something START to make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen 安排某事 I’ll set up an appointment for you. 我来为你安排约见。 There was a lot of work involved in setting up the festival. 筹备节庆活动要做大量的工作。 c) equipment 设备PREPARE to prepare the equipment that will be needed for an activity so that it is ready to be used 安装；架设；调试 The next band was already setting up on the other stage. 下一支乐队已经开始在另一个舞台布置设备了。 set something ↔ up Can someone set the overhead projector up? 有人能把投影仪调试好吗？ d) build/put up 建立/竖立 set something ↔ upPUT to place or build something somewhere, especially something that is not permanent 〔尤指临时〕建起，竖起 They’ve set up roadblocks around the city. 他们在城里各处设置了路障。 e) trick SB 欺骗某人 set somebody ↔ up informalGUILTY to trick someone in order to achieve what you want, especially to make it appear that they have done something wrong or illegal 诬陷某人，给某人栽赃 Cox claimed that the police had tried to set him up. 考克斯声称警方试图诬陷他。 f) provide money 提供钱款 set somebody ↔ up British EnglishBrE informalRICH to provide someone with money that they need, especially in order to start a business 〔尤指为帮助某人做生意〕资助某人，经济上帮助某人 After he qualified as a doctor, his mother set him up in a practice of his own. 他取得医生资格后，他母亲资助他自己开业行医。 Selling her share of the company has set her up for life. 卖掉了持有的公司股份后，她的钱一辈子都用不完了。 g) healthy/full of energy 健康/精力充沛 set somebody upHEALTHY British EnglishBrE to make you feel healthy and full of energy 使某人觉得健康，使某人精力旺盛 A good breakfast will set you up for the day. 早餐吃得好一整天都会精力充沛。 h) set yourself up as something to deliberately make people believe that you have the authority and skill to do something, especially when this is not true 装成…的模样 politicians who set themselves up as moral authorities 把自己装成道德权威的政客 i) put SB in position 使某人处于某种位置 set somebody up to put someone in a position in which they are able to do something, or in which something is likely to happen to them 使某人处于某种位置，把某人置于某种境地 set somebody up for If he won the fight, it would set him up for a title shot. 如果打赢这场拳赛，他就有机会问鼎冠军宝座。 Anyone with public duties sets themselves up for attack. 任何担任公职的人都有可能招致批评。 j) relationship 关系 set somebody ↔ up informal to arrange for two people to meet, because you think they might start a romantic relationship 介绍，安排〔两个异性〕认识 ‘How did you meet Nick?’ ‘A friend set us up.’ “你是怎么认识尼克的？”“一个朋友介绍的。” k) set up home/house (also set up housekeeping American EnglishAmE)LIVE SOMEWHERE to get your own home, furniture etc, especially when you leave your parents’ home to live with a wife, husband, or partner 〔尤指离开父母〕成家，过独立生活 Many parents try to help their children set up home. 许多父母都会设法帮助子女建立自己的家庭。 l) NOISE set up a commotion/din/racket etc to start making a loud unpleasant noise 发出喧闹声/嘈杂声/吵闹声等 The party guests were setting up a steady din. 派对上的来宾乱哄哄地吵闹起来。 → set up camp at camp1(1) Examples from the Corpus set up• Cahill has always protested his innocence, and insists that someone set him up.• It'll take a few minutes to set the camera up.• We've set up a microphone in the corner.• Dad set up as a builder in 1990 and now he employs over twenty men.• He wasn't guilty of the fraud. He'd been set up by his business rivals.• The Enterprise Center runs courses for people who want to set up in business on their own.• It was 6:30 and traders were already setting up their market stalls.• Kate and her partner are setting up their own printing business.• The whole thing was a set up to get Burley to confess.• Is this some kind of a set up? Why should I believe you? set (yourself) up (as something)• A small platform had been set up.• As a result, becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.• Before you set up a plan, therefore, know what it is going to cost you.• Several have human resources consultancies, while Eversheds recently set up a risk management consultancy.• The invalid care allowance she receives is 33.70 a week Marian set up a support group for carers in Oxfordshire.• The agents backed off, setting up an armed perimeter around the house.• Instead, several accounts were set up and money got mixed up.• Staff have already set up eight extra beds, and other hospitals are preparing to help out. set somebody up• He said, following his arrest last fall, that the FBI had set him up.• Terry and Donald think I set them up, but it's all a big misunderstanding. set yourself up as something• Everyone thinks he can set himself up as a dramatic critic.• It's not that he wishes to set himself up as a leader.• He set himself up as a one-man cult.• After all, she was the one who'd set herself up as Jett's little helper.• Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas has, by its own proclamation, set itself up as the Bible for traffic planners.• She was too young to be setting herself up as the devoted handmaiden to the great man.• Why do they set themselves up as tradesmen if that's all they're going to do? set for• Yet today we are setting ourselves up for an even bigger fall.• The title set the song up for criticism.• The leader sets people up for success then, if it happens, tolerates their occasional failure.• If Bonanza had set Connie Fraser up for the chill, there wouldn't be anything I could do to stop it.• It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow, ahead of the Brückner lawyers.• The team hit virtually every routine Saturday afternoon and set itself up for what could be a shocking team medal Monday night.• How could she avoid discomfort without setting herself up for worse problems by escaping more and learning less? set up home/house• These nests will shortly be visited by the female in whose larger territory the various males have set up home.• All the costs of getting a mortgage, moving and setting up home can run into thousands.• And he set up house for her in a bungalow further along the river, in a nice secluded part.• Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?• Thousands of them have set up home in the eaves of this house in Banbury.• The two new Mr and Mrs Kim-Soons set up house next door.• Nor do I think that it is disgraceful if two men of a loving disposition should set up home together.• Desmond Wilcox was a grown man when he chose to leave his wife and children and set up home with Esther. set up a commotion/din/racket etc• Crickets set up a racket in trees out in the yard. → set up at set1(PHRASAL VERB)
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