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setsetadj不变的，固定的My piano teacher says that I should practise for a set number of hours a week.我的钢琴老师说我每周应该练习固定的几个小时。Small babies have no set routine.新生婴孩没有固定的日常生活习惯。If I go out in the evening, my parents say I have to be home by a set time.如果我晚上出去的话，父母就会要求我必须在指定的时间里回家。The restaurant does a set lunch (= a meal which is offered at a fixed price, but with little or no choice about what you have to eat) on Sundays.这家餐馆在星期天供应套餐。The receptionist had a bright set (= fixed and not sincere) smile on his face, but I could tell that he was bored.接待员带着一种灿烂不变的微笑，但我知道其实他觉得很厌倦。A set expression/phrase is one in which the words are always used in the same order.固定说法/短语If you are set on/upon something, you are determined to do it. If you are set against it, you are determined not to do it.下决心做（或不做）某事Despite all the opposition from her family, she seems set on marrying him.尽管全家都反对，但她似乎已打定主意要嫁给他。Why are you so set against going to college?你为什么这么反对上大学？They are dead set against (= strongly opposed to) the plans to close the local hospital.他们坚决反对关闭当地医院的计划。My father has very set opinions/views (= is not likely to change them).我父亲是个固执己见的人。As people get older, they often become set in their ways (= their ideas, habits and ways of living become fixed).随着人们年龄的增大，他们的思想生活方式也往往变得固定起来。A set piece is part of a film, play, etc. which is exciting and attracts attention, but is often not a necessary part of the story or does not cause the story to develop.电影、戏剧中具有强烈效果的片段The musical has no real story--it just consists of a series of set pieces.这部音乐剧没有什么真正的情节----它只是由一系列精彩的片段所组成。
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