1with object and usually with adverbial Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

德莱尼放下茶杯。

凯瑟琳把一把椅子放到了床边。

1. 1.1be set Be situated or fixed in a specified place or position.
   放，置
   the village was set among olive groves on a hill

   村子位于山丘上的小橡树林中。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • An arc of deep locks, set among lawns, lowers it at last to join its western river.
   • Santa Barbara is set among rolling hills and vineyards that were beautifully captured in the film Sideways.
   • The holiday village is about four miles from Penrith and set among more than 400 acres of woodland and lakes.
   • The tasteful and triangular green is set bang in the middle of the large village.
   • They will stay the night in the village of Gite, before heading on to Tamda, set among white rocks.

   Synonyms

   be situated, be located, lie, stand, be sited, be perched

   be found
2. 1.2 Represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place.
   使（小说，剧本，电影，场景）发生于；以某地为背景
   a private-eye novel set in Berlin

   发生在柏林的私家侦探小说故事。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • His last film, Dirty Pretty Things, was set among London's exploited illegal immigrants.
   • The seventeenth century Oxford where the crime writer sets his substantial historical novel is in some ways very similar to Morson's city.
   • The film is set at a time when an abrupt climate change has cataclysmic consequences for the entire planet.
   • But he sets the film's first act here, and it's obvious where his sympathies lie.
   • But it is perhaps the only choice for Mulan in the specific historical context in which the author sets the story.
   • The film is set during the 1930s, at an unnamed school, a thinly disguised version of Eton.
   • The director chose his season well in setting Turning Paige near the end of winter.
   • The film will be set and shot in Beijing and in the wealthy southern city of Shenzhen.
   • If it provides some anxiousness in the viewer why not set the film there.
   • It stands to reason that had the series been set today, Laura would have had a weblog, not a diary.
   • It's a very funny black comedy of manners set among the south London demimonde.
   • The movie is set against the backdrop of Apollo 11's landing on the moon.
   • The film is actually set just over one weekend in the characters' lives.
   • You'll even be able to state where you'd prefer a story to be set: in a mythical or a real place.
   • Her films are set very much in the present, and their focus is microscopic.
   • If the film wasn't set almost 70 years after abolition, you could almost buy it.
   • By setting the film at this time and place, he illustrated that Sade's fantasies had in fact become a horrifying reality.
   • Mill Road, where the story is set, is far from the research and learning that goes on way beyond.
3. 1.3 Mount a precious stone in (something, typically a piece of jewellery)
   镶嵌宝石于（珠宝等）
   a bracelet set with emeralds

   嵌有绿宝石的手镯。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • On his right wrist he wore the silver bracelet set with lapis stones, and on each of his little fingers, the gold rings.
4. 1.4 Mount (a precious stone) in something.
   镶嵌（宝石）
   a huge square-cut emerald set in platinum

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She kept the original, which was set into a tiepin for my father in law.
   • The diamonds have been set close to each other to give them a solitaire look.

   Synonyms

   adorn, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck

   literary bejewel
5. 1.5Printing Arrange (type) as required.
   〔印刷〕排（字）
   the compositors refused to set the type for an editorial
6. 1.6Printing Arrange the type for (a piece of text)
   〔印刷〕为（文本）排字
   article headings will be set in Times fourteen point

   时报文章标题将用14点字体排印。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The names were set in 6-point type to fit in the six panels for publication on Sunday, May 30.
7. 1.7 Prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc. on it in their proper places.
   摆放（餐桌）
   she set the table and began breakfast

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I should have asked if he thinks setting a proper table takes no talent!
   • Let your child help with meals by choosing foods, preparing food and setting the table.
   • The large glass dining room table has been meticulously set by Renate, the maid.
   • He opened the door for her and ushered her outside where a wrought iron table was set for a meal.
   • Ryan laughed a little and then stood up, and we walked downstairs to find Loretta setting the table.
   • Luckily, Robin came back and informed us that the table had been set and it was time to dig in.
   • Dinner was to be in the Monarch Room where the dinner tables were so elegantly set.
   • Jim missed the days before Beth had gotten married and stopped setting the table, though he knew it was peevish of him.

   Synonyms

   lay, prepare, arrange, make ready
8. 1.8set something to Provide (music) so that a written work can be produced in a musical form.
   谱（曲）；配（乐）
   a form of poetry which can be set to music

   一种可以配乐的诗歌形式。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You could even speed it up and set it to rinky-dink piano music.
   • This fascinating CD draws on the talents of composers who have set his poetry to music, interspersed with readings from his works.
   • If you take a distinguished poem and set it to magnificent music you can make a beautiful song.
   • Now we can wring a bit more out of an idea, by setting it to music.
   • Many such lyrics were set to music, the basic unit being of three beats, which appeared suddenly in 1150.
   • Although some carols can trace their roots back to the early 16th century, the winner was set to music less than 100 years ago.
   • The process of setting them to music started in 2001 and the recording began in 2002.
   • The trouble starts when he sets them to music without the full support and musical ideas of his colleagues.
   • A friend of his asked him to set her poem to music, and he has done so really well!
   • The four verses have been set to the music of an ancient harp.
   • The song-poem companies put little notices in magazines, offering to set your words to music.
   • The moral may have become muddled over the centuries, but the music the story is set to remains wonderful.
   • Even though I enjoy setting pictures to music my kids listen to at school, I have a couple of much bigger projects in the works.
   • You may e-mail it without encryption, post it on a web site or set it to music and sing about it at your favorite coffee shop.
   • The song was slow, quiet, the notes stringing together perfectly to form a peaceful melody, one that left him wondering what words could be set to such beautiful music.
   • Mathilde subsequently tried, to no avail, to encourage him to use one of her dramas as the basis for an opera, or at least to set her poems to music.
   • But setting show-stoppers to rock music has its own pitfalls.
   • Time and time again I asked myself why I had returned to set religious texts to choral music.
   • Dylan set words to music in a way that no one had done before.
   • But its author, Thomas Bracken, may have had very different sentiments when he wrote it, some time before it was set to music in 1876.
9. 1.9Bell-ringing Move (a bell) so that it rests in an inverted position ready for ringing.
   〔鸣钟术〕倒置（响铃）
   the ringer gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or set
10. 1.10 Cause (a hen) to sit on eggs.
    使（母鸡）孵蛋
    you had to set the clucking hens
11. 1.11 Put (a seed or plant) in the ground to grow.
    种下（种子）；栽下（秧苗）
    I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering

    Example sentencesExamples

    • Plants set too deep or too shallow may start growth but will lack vigor and may die.
12. 1.12Sailing Put (a sail) up in position to catch the wind.
    〔航海〕扬（帆）
    a safe distance from shore all sails were set

    离岸已有一段安全距离，所有的帆都张开。参见下面 set sail。

    Example sentencesExamples

    • Being no flimsy dinghy, this sailboat required a lot of muscle to set so much sail.
    • It is hard to get going again, hard to get the sails up and set them after the beatings we got.
    • The sailor merrily trotted off to go and do something else, possibly ease a downhaul or help set a sail.

2with object and usually with adverbial Put or bring into a specified state.

内政大臣使这项法律正接受复审。

1. 2.1with object and present participle Cause (someone or something) to start doing something.
   使…做某事
   the incident set me thinking

   这一事件使我陷入思考。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The rising oil price is setting pulses racing among economists.
   • His entry on his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has set me thinking.
   • Another has just opened this week at Hawes which is what set me thinking about this stretch between Colne and Skipton.
   • This in turn sets me thinking about the contrast between his domestic style and his current foreign policy.
   • He turns a phrase that sets you thinking.
   • Goods being offered at ultra-low prices should always set alarm bells ringing.
   • It was what the soldiers at the airport said about their wives that set me thinking about this.
   • So that set me thinking, who would be my top five players to have hailed from these great British Isles.
   • There is just one thing that sometimes sets me thinking: amid all the rush and fuss do we ever think of why Easter is so important?
   • These two events set me to thinking why the two sports attract such different types of behaviour.
   • It was the coming of the new Millennium that set him to thinking about writing a book.
   • It however set one of my table mates to engage in the unusual act of thinking.
   • This set me thinking about whether you could have a comedy without jokes.
   • You may well ask what set me thinking of those teams and days of long ago and the answer is simple.
   • That set him thinking on how he was able to string his successes time and again.
2. 2.2with object and infinitive Instruct (someone) to do something.
   命令（某人）做某事
   he'll set a man to watch you

   他会派人去监视你。

3. 2.3 Give someone (a task or test) to do.
   分配（任务）；让人（考试）
   schools will begin to set mock tests

   学校将开始模拟考试了。

   with two objects the problem we have been set

   分配给我们的问题。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She joined a running club and began setting herself targets.
   • None of the tasks these men set themselves could be described as easy.
   • Writing down the story of my life as it happens is an interesting task I set myself.
   • Hundreds of university hopefuls may be set picture puzzle tests before they are allowed on degree courses.
   • It is a courageous choice in which he sets himself two tasks.
   • She sets herself ‘tasks’, and likes to do them in the morning before going to work.
   • Thus the object which the inventor sets himself is achieved in an elegant way.
   • She sets herself the impossible task of trying to prove this to us in a mere six episodes.
   • The task you have been set is to use any of the materials found on the tables in front of you to make me an object.
   • The problem is, having set himself this task, Lucas then doesn't follow it through.
   • Therefore, he set himself the task of righting those things he considered to be wrong.
   • He has set himself the task of writing an album about all fifty states in America.
   • The children have now been set the task of designing a new garden around Mr Jordan's tree.
   • So I set myself a program of losing weight and getting rid of the spare tyre around the waist.
   • I can set myself little goals and work to getting back into the side as soon as possible.
   • However I had set myself a task to at least try to remove the old writer's block which had been looming over me.
   • You set yourself a task that isn't anything that you've been explicitly asked to do, nor told that you can do, and you try it out.
   • The children are given a bag full of scrap material and then are set the task of making their own robot.
   • Recently a group of students was discussing an essay they had been set for an English test.
   • His players, those he inherited and those he has acquired, have passed every character test they have been set.

   Synonyms

   assign, allocate, give, allot, deal, prescribe
4. 2.4 Establish as (an example) for others to follow, copy, or try to achieve.
   树立（榜样）
   the scheme sets a precedent for other companies

   这一计划为其他公司提供了一个先例。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Since the Congress party is led by a woman, it's in a unique position to set an example.
   • He could have led the rebuilding effort, setting a positive example and giving the team a chance to win every fifth day.
   • She's deeply troubled by the company's effect on the economy as a whole and the example it sets for other employers.
   • The center now stood out from the rest of the gym, setting an impossible precedent for any of the other volunteers to follow.
   • We must stop setting them a bad example by following policies that are unnecessary, and cruel.
   • Resourcefulness is their trait and she says the example her father has set is a constant influence.
   • I hold out hope that our response will be measured and set a better example than previously.
   • She replied that she'd obviously missed it, but that maybe I ought to set more of an example.
   • I frequently refer back to what she taught me and the example she set for all of us.
   • It not only implies ignoring the law, which he has violated, but what example have we set?
   • So what sort of example are we setting for children?
   • But it's not for me and it's not a good example to set for easily influenced girls.
   • Besides hooking up with all the hot skater guys, do you think your character sets a positive example for girl skaters?
   • Yet any errant athlete will now be entitled to conclude that a precedent has been set.
   • I felt it would benefit me personally in all future games to set an example and not set such a dangerous precedent.
   • It would set a precedent the whole of football would have to follow.
   • With the examples set at the top by the people in real power, it makes local behaviour very mundane.
   • Historians of WWII have largely focused on women setting precedents and being able to join the boys in moving into paid wartime work.
   • What kind of an example are you setting for our community?
   • I'm not sure this sets such a bad precedent, frankly.
5. 2.5 Establish (a record)
   创造（纪录）
   his time in the 25 m freestyle set a national record

   他在25米自由泳中创造了全国纪录。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • For the past few years, most of the media have tried to make him something he's not, just because he is setting records.
   • So I did, and in seventh grade I ended up setting a school record.
   • She had been in flight for the best part of 45 minutes, and records were being set.
   • They lost two more times, setting a record for the worst start in the proud franchise's 38-year history.
   • I fancied myself a long jumper in those days, setting the record at my school.
   • Yorkshire millionaires are said to be vying for an apartment thought to set a price record for the Sheffield.
   • But in recent years her paintings have set record prices for Latin American art.
   • He is a special player and setting a World Cup record is a marvellous achievement.
   • He finally ended that last week by stealing four, setting the franchise record of 59.
   • Were there new records to be set or would old records still hold their own?
   • That they are even close to setting a defensive record is testament to their turn-around in fortunes this season.
   • The Angels and Dodgers, in fact, are on the verge of setting a record this year for the most combined attendance in one market.
   • It is hoped that a new world record will be set with thirteen threshing mills operating at once.
   • It's not as prestigious as setting a record for batting average or home runs, but he says he would take pride in it because it's another way to get on base.
   • In June another record will be set when five car carriers dock here - the most ever for any one month.
   • He won by a convincing eight shots and also set a new scoring record for his age division.
   • Stock prices pulled back slightly after setting new highs earlier.
   • This piece sets a record of frustration for me, personally.
   • Yesterday marked the sixth day in a row of oil prices setting a new record.
   • In doing so, they avoided setting a new club record for the wrong reasons.

   Synonyms

   establish, set up, create, provide, institute
6. 2.6 Decide on and announce.
   确定；决定
   they set a date for a full hearing at the end of February

   他们将举行全体成员听证会的日期定在2月底。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The meeting will take place towards the end of the month although at the time of going to press no firm date has been set.
   • The matter is likely to be the subject of a public hearing over the summer, although no date has been set.
   • No date has yet been set for the trial or for a preliminary hearing.
   • To prevent an administrative nightmare, no single date has been set for the changeover.
   • No date has been set for a final decision, but they are waiting for neighbours such as Dorset and Portsmouth to catch up.
   • No dates have been set for hearings as yet, although it is believed that further activity may be imminent.
   • The meeting ended with Wednesday May 5 being set as the date of the next monthly meeting.
   • The couple have already set the location for their wedding and now all that's left for them to do is set an exact date.
   • At the time of going to print no firm date had yet been set for the meeting.
   • All three have been granted stays of execution and are awaiting dates to be set for their appeals.
   • He said no date has been set, but it could be heard within the next few weeks.
   • A Council spokesman said no date had been set yet for the application to be heard.
   • It has now been rescheduled for some time next month but no specific date has yet been set.
   • An inquest should provide answers, but no date has yet been set for the hearing.
   • An official date has been set for the opening of Maldon's Combined Military Services Museum.
   • No date has been set for the introduction of the rule change which is being recommended by council advisors.
   • No date has yet been set for the court martial or a preliminary hearing.
   • He will be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court at a date yet to be set.
   • The matter was due to be determined by the Licensing Sub-Committee in August but no date had yet been set for the meeting.
   • Now that the date has been set and the ring given, the upcoming royal wedding is shaping up to be unlike any other.

   Synonyms

   decide on, select, choose, arrange, schedule

   fix, fix on, determine, designate, name, appoint, specify, stipulate

   settle, resolve on, agree on, confirm
7. 2.7 Fix (a price, value, or limit) on something.
   确定（价格，价值，界限）
   the unions had set a limit on the size of the temporary workforce

   工会确定了临时劳动力人数上限。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It's the same thing, people deliberately setting prices and inflating charges and stealing our money.
   • This will execute or abandon the trade automatically within price and time limits set by the user.
   • It's the only time when the owners of the business can set a preferred disposal price.
   • The speed limits have been set with the benefit of knowledge of road conditions and minimum stopping distances.
   • At the outset, Williams sets three important limits.
   • If you're selling your home, setting the right asking price can make all the difference.
   • Remember to have fun and always set yourself a betting limit that you don't exceed.
   • If you want people to stop evading fares, stop using your monopoly to set prices so ridiculously high.
   • Clearly it is important therefore for you to liaise with your client to ensure the Credit Limit is set at a realistic level.
   • This difference sets the lower limit on the energy required to produce an alternative fuel.
   • So far, there has been little interest in setting finer limits because the procedure is awkward and expensive to manage.
   • Speed limits must be set according to the road hierarchy, and people must understand why it has to be so.
   • The difference is that the government sets a lower limit to the movement of wages and also mandates working conditions and other benefits that are the same for everyone.
   • It cannot be protected through setting clearly defined limits to what can or cannot be said - however generous those limits might seem.
   • Average speeds in terms of upper and lower limits were set for applying a penalty system.
   • Reserve prices will be set following valuation on the morning of the auction on May 8.
   • For example, the estimated time limit could be set at five days and the cost per night at £200.
   • Animals will be on view prior to the auction and reserve prices have been set.
   • In this position Saturn, which sets limits and restrictions, often creates health issues, particularly as Saturn rules your body.
   • Prices should be set at greater than or equal to long-run marginal separable cost for each product.

3with object Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time.

1. 3.1 Adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time.
   给（闹钟）定时
   I usually set my alarm clock for eight

   Example sentencesExamples

   • My eyes must have been more tired than I realised last night and I set the alarm clock for the wrong time.
   • My bag is packed, my valuables stashed with friends, and the alarm clock is set.
   • I mean, just what do you do when there is no longer the need to set the alarm clock - and the days stretch ahead of you?
   • It also had Renault's automatic parking brake, which sets itself when you switch off the engine and releases itself when you drive away.
   • It turns out men and women can set the alarm clock or preset some radio stations with equal ease.
   • If you click on a door, and if the door is locked, then the menu would show options for bashing the door, picking the lock of the door, or setting a mine to blow open the door.
   • I woke up when he was about to join me, at which point one host was setting an alarm clock for two hours later and the other host was playing music rather loudly.
   • Kids are encouraged to set Windows Update to automatically download and install patches.
   • I think my alarm clock is set for 5.30 am, so I'd better get my head down for an early night.
   • The door at the other side of the room is twin to the one through which she entered, and she sets the bolt there almost simultaneously with seeing it.
   • And all good operations involve setting a trap, not trying to get to a necessarily predetermined conclusion.

   Synonyms

   programme, activate
2. 3.2 Adjust (a device) so that it performs a particular operation.
   调整（装置）
   you have to be careful not to set the volume too high

   你要小心，别把音量开太大。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • However, I never touched these controls, which were set by the workers who had used the machine before me.
   • In the past all I had to do was just set the oven temperature and the length of time I wanted to cook.
   • If any one of those switches had been set the other way, he would still be alive and fitting fire alarms to Kilburn.
   • Scaling, sense of rotation and preset values can be set via the bus, together with code and cycle times.
   • The AquaGate's fan can be controlled by setting one of three speeds.

   Synonyms

   programme, activate
3. 3.3Electronics Cause (a binary device) to enter the state representing the numeral 1.
   〔电子〕使（二进制单元）处于1的状态

4no object Harden into a solid or semi-solid state.

再烹调35分钟直到夹馅凝固。

1. 4.1with object Arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style.
   趁湿时给（头发）定型
   she had set her hair on small rollers

   她用小辊子给头发定型。

2. 4.2with object Put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing.
   接合（断骨，断肢）；使（脱臼）复位
   he lined up the bones and set the arm

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the UK there is a long tradition of using the plant as a medical treatment, particularly in Scotland where it was used as an ointment for bone setting.
   • Charlie read how to set a broken leg and wilted at the thought of doing that to Jo.
   • This was operated on but there was a problem setting the bone and when it failed to heal properly, he had to have it done again.
   • Some traditional medical practitioners use herbal medicines and set broken bones.
   • The surgeon breaks the displaced bone and sets it into a better position.
   • Plastic surgery, bone setting and cesarean sections were routinely practiced with great success.
   • Despite all the medical advances and cool new colours, setting broken bones is still a pretty primitive process.
   • One woman's broken thigh bone had been badly set, leaving her left leg at least three inches shorter than her right.
3. 4.3 (of a bone) be restored to its normal condition by knitting together again after being broken.
   （骨头）被接上
   children's bones soon set

   狗的骨头很快就接上了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • By that time, the bones had set, so doctors had to break the bones again in order to permit a proper resetting.
4. 4.4 (with reference to a person's face) assume or cause to assume a fixed or rigid expression.
   （人脸）（使）露出僵硬的表情
   no object her features never set into a civil parade of attention

   她的脸上从来没有出现过有礼貌地倾听的神情。

   with object Travis's face was set as he looked up

   特拉维斯向上看时脸上表情呆滞。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • His jaw sets and he doesn't respond, and I know he knows that was a mean thing for him to say, but I also know he isn't going to apologise.
   • Following my faint shadow across the tan carpet and up to my feet then leisurely climbing to my face until our eyes meet, the enemy noticeably tenses and her jaw sets.
   • Their face tightens immediately; their features fall, the jaw sets and the arms cross.
   • When he glanced back at the corner, jaw setting, she laid her hand on his arm.
5. 4.5 (of a hunting dog) adopt a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game.
   （猎狗）（指示猎物所在时）蹲住；停住

5no object (of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates.

太阳快要落下，天空一片温暖的红色霞光。

6no object, with adverbial of direction (of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course.

水流转而向北之前顺水潮可以顺利越过地端岬。

7North American with object Start (a fire)

8with object (of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)

1. 8.1no object (of fruit) develop from blossom.
   （果实）结成
   once fruits have set, feed weekly with a high potash liquid tomato fertilizer

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Fertilize during the growing season, but to avoid excessive vegetative growth and fewer blooms, do not overapply nitrogen after the first fruit sets.
   • Fertilize your garden before planting tomatoes and again when the fruit first sets.
   • Alex rang in with problem tomatoes - he had good flowers but the fruit is not setting.
   • Once the flowers have been pollinated and the fruit has begun to set, marrow plants require copious amounts of water.
   • He applies a third of each plant's yearly allotment before spring growth starts and the rest after fruit sets.
   • Get them in now because you want them to flower and the fruit to set before it gets too hot.
2. 8.2 (of a plant) produce (seed)
   （植物）结（籽）
   the herb has flowered and started to set seed

   药草开花并开始结籽了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Before it sets seeds, Mike digs every last bit of the plant from the soil, then lays it in the sun for a couple of days.
   • Simply cut the heads in July and August before the flower sets seeds.
   • Where flowers had formerly held forth with a cheerful kaleidoscope of petals, plants were now busily setting seeds.

9dialect no object Sit.

1A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

一副假牙。

一个有两组染色体的新细胞。

一套备用的衣服。

1. 1.1 A collection of implements, containers, or other objects customarily used together.
   整套用具
   a fondue set

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The pub gave us lots of support and sponsorship including two sets of kit as well as running fund-raising events.
   • The company manufactured bathroom sets and carpets as well as rubber-backed rugs.
   • Schools can save for small items like court markers, skipping ropes, cones and bean bags, or larger pieces of equipment including tennis sets, goalposts and hurdles.
   • Most fondue sets have six to eight forks included.
   • Soccer balls and volleyball sets are on their way to East Timor.
   • There are now two sets of equipment for collecting litter.
   • It boasts a ski rental of over 400 sets of equipment, including snowboards, carving skis, snow blades and even some cross country skis.
   • Low-tech game systems are especially suited to this sort of contest, because it is easy and inexpensive to produce as many sets of game equipment as are needed.
   • Although we knew the tone of the evening when someone forgot the caldron and we had to make do with a fondue set.
   • Garden furniture and barbecue sets which can be easily assembled, are now available at reasonable prices.
   • Looking for old spanners and fondue sets isn't the main reason for my contemplative melancholia.
   • It can be subdivided to create custom compartments for the ideal organization of tools, sets, kits and outfits.
   • You can compare the price and style of your luggage set with just a click of your finger.
   • Many people don't realize that a Backgammon set can be used to play a variety of games.
   • He has extra sets of golf clubs for both men and women and a selection of golf shoes in various sizes.
   • The one drawback is that there's not enough room in the boot for even a set of golf clubs.
   • The trunk is cavernous, holding up to four sets of golf clubs.
   • Also listed are bread makers, pasta makers and fondue sets.
   • The boot, too, is large enough to carry two sets of golf clubs.

   Synonyms

   kit, apparatus, equipment, rig, outfit

   canteen

   box, case

   service
2. 1.2 A group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status.
   （有共同兴趣、职业或相似社会地位的）一群人
   it was a fashionable haunt of the literary set

   这曾是文人喜欢常来的地方。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He may have come within the orbit of the literary set of which Jonson had been the leader.
   • However grand the chandeliers and oil paintings, life in their social set seems far from Gosford Park.

   Synonyms

   clique, coterie, circle, crowd, group, lot, crew, band, company, pack, ring, camp, fraternity, school, clan, faction, party, sect, league, cabal

   informal gang, bunch
3. 1.3British A group of pupils or students of the same average ability in a particular subject who are taught together.
   （某一学科按学生学习能力分成的）组，教学班
   the policy of allocating pupils to mathematics sets

   将学生分在不同数学班的做法。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Both sets of students were overall very positive and hoped that we would offer another such project.
   • In the top sets, normally the males are applying themselves to the work, rather than taking reams of notes to revise from later.
   • Numerous sets of on-line students and two years later, I knew the training was for real and had more purposes than I could comprehend at the time.
   • But his board of management and the school's patron body said that both sets of pupils should be taught religion together.
   • The government's own research has shattered one of the central planks of his educational philosophy - that the way to raise standards in schools is by putting more pupils in sets.
   • He said the marking on some papers was ‘scrappy’ and the inconsistent results made it more difficult to place pupils in appropriate sets for next term.

   Synonyms

   class, form, study group

   stream, band
4. 1.4 (in tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match.
   he took the first set 6–3

   他以6比3赢了第一盘。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He was up a break in the fourth set and could have taken it to a fifth.
   • The first two tiebreak sets occupied a total of 2hr 25 min as the opening round match inched along under floodlights.
   • Winning it back in the fifth game of that set went some way towards helping him to firm up his play.
   • A clever lob in the sixth game of the final set earned Johnson a break and the pair went on to take the match.
   • By the end of the three-day visit, they had faced off over 10 sets of tennis, three games of chess, and a round of billiards.
   • She was never in the match from the moment she lost serve in the opening game of the first set.
   • Matches of 27 game sets are vigorously competed among players from the various teams.
   • Play ended on Friday night with him up two games to one in the fourth set.
   • At the end of the set of nine games, the player who has the lowest cumulative score is the winner.
   • The goal is for players to reach the highest score at the end of nine innings or a set of six games.
   • He can climb all over an opponent, and he can fling a game and a set and match away in moment of sheer lunacy.
   • He found trouble in the third only because of a loose service game to open the set.
   • The following vignette moment from the second game of the fourth set was emblematic of vast stretches of the match.
   • He made his final break in the 10th game of the third set with a spectacular lob and a backhand pass.
   • After dropping the first two games of the third set, she won four in a row.
   • If each team wins a game, a knock-out set of matches will then be played to decide the winner.
   • On the Saturday, he forced the match to five sets and was leading 3-2 before rain stopped play again.
   • As he raced away with the fourth set, he won all but one point of the last 24 points.
   • Arguably the turning point of the match came as early as the sixth game of the first set.
   • But he did come back from two sets down to level the match before going down in the decider, broken in the 10th game by a man who had never won a five-set match.
5. 1.5 (in jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces performed together and constituting or forming part of a live show or recording.
   （爵士乐，流行乐）组歌，乐组
   a short four-song set

   含四首歌的短组歌。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I ask him how his set went last night and he says he isn't too sure.
   • As a result, the band seemed eager to break up the set with older tunes and covers.
   • That also didn't go over so well, as they left after a short set of, let's say, five or so songs.
   • Then, last October, I saw her perform a live set of most of this material.
   • Polka musicians are expected to play until exhaustion, to dance during the sets of other bands - in short, to be one of the crowd.
   • This is to say, he does an acoustic set as long as most band's entire sets.
   • Speaking with the band after their set, it became clear that these guys meant business.
   • His set, as with most Malawian acts, comprises traditional, gospel-based songs.
   • There's at least half a dozen anthems in their set, which with a live drummer could be difficult to contain.
   • And later they confirmed my hunch about their quality by performing one of my favorite sets of the weekend, bless them!
   • Mixed into their set were a few new tunes that make me think the forthcoming album is going to be a strong one.
   • Their set of songs were played flawlessly and they had a great rapport with each other on stage.
   • The relatively short set of seven songs makes for a remarkable performance.
   • The slower and quieter songs that have crept into the set are only slower and quieter by their own standards.
   • The bands play for the densely-packed crowd mass, seething with good times, and come out to bounce around to the other bands when their sets are done.
   • In some instances my live sets can end up being the next record.
   • Her set was heavy on the hits, spliced with new songs from her forthcoming new album.
   • The weakest point in the set, as so often with gigs from the era, is the start.
   • They will always be the foundation of the set, but there are some surprise songs.
   • And we became eager to perform the set of cover versions we had put together.
6. 1.6 A group of people making up the required number for a square dance or similar country dance.
   （方形舞等乡村舞所需的）舞伴对数
7. 1.7 A fixed number of repetitions of a particular bodybuilding exercise.
   组（某一健身操规定次数的重复动作）
   making sure that you perform 3 sets of at least 8 repetitions

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Try three sets of 20 push-ups, with a clap at the top of each one.
   • I actually prefer to do a couple of sets of a warm-up exercise for the target muscle, priming my body for the intense work to come.
   • Perform two to three sets of 12 repetitions for each leg.
   • In terms of sets and reps, perform at least four sets, and eight to ten reps of each exercise, with a weight that is not too light or too heavy.
   • In fact, most gyms and fitness clubs provide cards or sheets on which to record exercises, reps, sets, equipment weight and other details.
   • Again, there was a place in the binder for him to record his strengthening exercise repetitions, sets, intensity, and frequency on each day of the week.
   • Higher reps should be performed with 3 sets per exercise, 3 times a week.
   • Then perform two or three sets of the exercise with your workout weight, eight to 12 reps per set.
   • For strength training, exercises, sets, reps and resistance levels should be included.
   • Both of you need the right combination of reps, sets and loads to improve muscular fitness.
   • When you perform too many sets and exercises in a given session, you can break down your muscle tissue too much.
   • Each muscle group should be exercised in three sets of eight repetitions each session.
   • The child should perform one to three sets of each exercise.
   • It began with players wanting to do weights but not quite knowing what sets, repetitions to do and even the correct lifting techniques to use.
   • Perform three sets of each exercise, with 15 repetitions in each set.
   • One group did one set of eight repetitions, while the other did three sets of the same exercise.
   • If you're already training your hamstrings and want a new routine, perform two or three sets of each exercise.
   • One to three sets of each exercise should be performed at least twice a week.
   • Attempt three sets of 12 repetitions, two to four times a week for each of the following exercises.
   • Perform 12-repetition sets of each exercise below, in order.
8. 1.8Mathematics Logic A collection of distinct entities regarded as a unit, being either individually specified or (more usually) satisfying specified conditions.
   〔数，逻〕集，集合
   the set of all positive integers

   所有正整数集（合）。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • His work on ordered sets and ordinal numbers is fundamental to the subject.
   • For finite sets of finite entities it is easy to prove Cantor's Theorem, namely that the number of members of a set is strictly less than the number of its subsets.
   • This is an example of what is known as a fractal set since its dimension is not a whole number.
   • For finite sets, the cardinal numbers are the whole numbers.
   • The elements of a model are irrelevant; it is easiest just to take them to be pure sets, or ordinal numbers, or some other type of familiar mathematical object.

2in singular The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned.

眼睛的形状和位置。

1. 2.1 The posture or attitude of a part of the body, typically in relation to the impression this gives of a person's feelings or intentions.
   （尤指显露感情或意图的身体部位的）姿态
   the determined set of her upper torso

   她上身坚定的姿态。

   Synonyms

   posture, position, cast, attitude

   bearing, carriage
2. 2.2
   he's got this set against social psychology

   short for mindset
3. 2.3Australian, NZ informal A grudge.
   〈澳/新，非正式〉怨言
   most of them hear a thing or two and then get a set on you

   他们大多数人听到点风声就对你有怨言。

4. 2.4 The flow of a current or tide in a particular direction.
   流向，潮向
   the rudder kept the dinghy straight against the set of the tide

   船舵使小划艇顶着潮水流向直行。

5. 2.5Bell-ringing The inverted position of a bell when it is ready for ringing.
   〔鸣钟术〕（钟敲响前）扬起，上抬
6. 2.6 A setter's pointing in the presence of game.
   （塞特犬）指示猎物所在
7. 2.7 The inclination of the teeth of a saw in alternate directions.
8. 2.8 A warp or bend in wood, metal, or another material caused by continued strain or pressure.
   （木头、金属或其他材料受压形成的）变形，弯曲

3A radio or television receiver.

电视机。

4A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.

1. 4.1 The place or area in which filming is taking place or a play is performed.
   （电影）摄影场；（戏剧）演出场
   the magazine has interviews on set with top directors

   这家杂志在拍摄现场采访了大牌导演。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • We had a book on set so we could cross reference their work and we could add little bits and pieces to the film when we saw fit.
   • So for the party interior scenes we didn't have a props person or an art director on set.
   • As with the rest of cast, filming in South Africa was an adventure both on set and off.
   • These images bear witness to the pair's physical and emotional closeness on set, but the film was not to go smoothly.
   • Battles on set were still being fought in the dressing room at the end of the day.
   • It is only this year that writers in Hollywood gained the right to be on set.
   • When you turn up on set, you know you're going to do it and go home.
   • I was going to ask what your first day was like, having been on so many sets as an actor - what was it like to be on the other side?
   • By the time the actors arrive on set, Allen evidently knows what he wants to do.
   • These are detailed galleries of rare photos taken on the sets of both films.
   • A week later I was on set, about to do a scene, when the head producer walked onto he floor and took my hand.
   • I don't think either one of us comes to the set, or to rehearsals, with preconceived notions of how the scene is going to be.
   • In spite of the physical demands of the production, however, the actors still found time to have a few chuckles on set.
   • So, we then snuck her onto the set, while we were shooting the scene in the hallway where the ice wall appears.
   • On set or location he does enjoy a challenge, and he loves the life of an actor and wouldn't swap it.
   • The atmosphere on set is very relaxed even if the scenes are very dramatic and tension filled.
   • The second meeting was when Professor Hawking came on set during filming at Cambridge.
   • When we are on a set or at a rehearsal for a stage show, we just do not act as husband and wife.
   • I don't care about my trailer; I really enjoy hanging around with the crew and actors on set.
   • I only got frustrated being on set, because no director likes being on another person's set.

5An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style.

洗发和做发。

6A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.

1. 6.1 A young fruit that has just formed.
   新结果实

7The last coat of plaster on a wall.

8Printing
The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.

1. 8.1 The width of a piece of type.
   活字宽度

9

10Snooker

Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.

1Fixed or arranged in advance.

务必每天按时喂小狗。

1. 1.1 (of a view or habit) unlikely to change.
   （观点，习惯）难以改变的
   I've been on my own a long time and I'm rather set in my ways

   我独自生活已久，难以改变积习。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Everyone, from the chief executive down, had become trapped in a set pattern of behaviour.
   • I don't come in with a lot of set ideas about how the actors will move or what the staging is.
   • We need a set idea of core values and principles that are not up for discussion.

   Synonyms

   inflexible, rigid, fixed, firm, deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, entrenched, unchangeable
2. 1.2 (of a person's expression) held for an unnaturally long time without changing, typically as a reflection of determination.
   （尤指因心意已决而表情）呆滞的，僵硬的，长时间固定不变的
   Iris was staring in front of her with a set expression

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Matt was now quickly walking over to her and Johnny with a set expression on his face.
3. 1.3 (of a meal or menu in a restaurant) offered at a fixed price with a limited choice of dishes.
   （餐馆中的膳食、菜肴）套餐的
   a three-course set menu

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There are several specials, dozens of curries and lots of side dishes, together with set meals for two or four people.
   • A set meal was given at lunch time after the supplement to subjects who had fasted overnight.
   • Go for the set meals and book in advance as all the restaurants (there are now three of them) fill up.
   • We then went to a Chinese restaurant and had the set Vegetarian menu.
   • We were advised to order set meals as the a-la-carte items are more expensive.
   • They offer a set party menu perfect for larger groups to enjoy the bars and club after dinner.
4. 1.4 (of a book) prescribed for study as part of a particular course or for an examination.
   （上课或考试用书）指定的
   his book is a set text which has influenced countless schoolchildren

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A psychiatrist told me he was making the book a set text for his students.
   • It has also appeared as an A-level exam in England and a set text in France.
   • It sounds great to be able to take in all of your set texts, but there is no way you will have time to look stuff up.
   • This collection ought to be a set text for anyone with aspirations to humorous journalism.
   • Every student on a given course simply has to have at least one set book, and probably several.
   • It is almost like a commercial miniaturisation, or a guide to a daunting set text.
   • I am inspired to read the book which passed me by as a set text at school.
   • The first years at my University, for example, have Lolita as a key set text.
5. 1.5 Having a conventional or predetermined wording; formulaic.
   （言辞）老一套的，公式化的
   witnesses often delivered their testimony according to a set speech

   证人常按公式化的套话陈述证词。参见SET PHRASE。

   Synonyms

   stock, standard, routine, rehearsed, well worn, formulaic, unspontaneous, unoriginal, derivative, conventional, stale, hackneyed, stereotyped, overused

   informal hacky

2predicative Ready, prepared, or likely to do something.

水费看来肯定要涨了。

1. 2.1set against Firmly opposed to.
   坚决反对
   last night you were dead set against the idea

   昨晚你曾极力反对那想法。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Ironically, he lives in a street that seems set against the idea.
   • This understandably heightens Muslims' sense of the world being set against them.
   • The new Bill also makes provision for opt-out clauses for people who are set against their tap water being fluoridated.
   • Mallory had always wanted a tattoo, but since our mom was so set against them she had never dared.
   • Many of us are set against the whole business, and are doing everything we can to put it off.

   Synonyms

   opposed to, averse to, hostile to, in opposition to, resistant to, antipathetic to, unsympathetic to

   informal anti
2. 2.2set on Determined to do (something)
   命令（某人）做某事
   he's set on marrying that girl

   他决意要娶那个女孩。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He has had his heart set on launching a punitive war on whatever pretext.
   • As to the future, he says he is no longer the little boy who had his heart set on playing football in the UK.
   • The plans were only in their early stages, but Joanne had her heart set on marrying Paul some time next year.
   • Unfortunately, York planners seem set on examining each scheme in isolation.
   • She is now set on spending the rest of her life with Eric and he travelled to Spain with her when she worked on the movie.
   • It wasn't even the apartment we had our heart set on, it was just one I went to see last Thursday on a whim.
   • India was a tour that he had his heart set on ever since he was regaled with anecdotes by his father.

   Synonyms

   determined to, intent on, bent on, hell bent on, committed to the idea of, resolved to, resolute about, insistent about/on