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set off obj CAUSEv adv [T]to cause (esp. some type of activity or an explosion) to begin or to happen引起（事件，爆炸等），发生The court's initial verdict in the police officers'trial set off serious riots. [M]法庭在审讯警官时所作出的初审判决引发了严重的暴乱。Reports that a doctor had died from AIDS set off a panic among his former patients. [M]医生死于艾滋病的消息在他以前的病人中引起了恐慌。Terrorists set off a bomb in the city centre, killing two children. [M]恐怖分子在市中心引爆了一颗炸弹，炸死了两名儿童。If you drop a lighted cigarette, you could set off a fire. [M]如果你扔下一根燃烧的香烟，就可能引起一场火灾。Somebody set the alarm off (= made it ring) on my car. [M]有人使我车上的报警器响起来。To set someone off (doing something) is to cause them to start to do it.使…开始做Every time I think about that joke I heard, it sets me off laughing. [+ obj + v-ing]每次想到我听过的那个笑话，我就会开始笑起来。She's finally stopped crying--now don't set her off again.她总算停止哭泣了----现在别让她再哭起来。
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