1. set off(+for+目的地)出发,动身(去某地)。例如:
2. Tom and his father set off for America yesterday, and arrived there this morning.
3. 汤姆和他的爸爸昨天动身去美国,并于今天上午到达那里。
4. set out
5. (1)set out(+for+目的地)出发,动身(去某地),相当于set off(for+目的地)。例如:
6. The Chinese Team held a meeting for a whole day before setting out for Barcelona for the Olympic Games.
7. 中国队在去巴塞罗那参加奥运会之前开了一整天的会。
8. (2)set out(+ to do something)开始,着手(做某事)。例如:
9. The moment I got home, I set out to do my homework.
10. 我一到家,就开始做家庭作业。
11. 3. set about doing sth 着手(做某事),其意义与set out to do sth 相同。例如:
12. That evening he set about writing a report on pollution.
13. 那天晚上,他着手写一篇关于污染的报告。
14. 4. set up建立,创立。例如:
15. In the southern states the slave owners wanted to set up a country of their own, where they could freely keep black people as slaves.
16. 在南方各州,奴隶主们企图建立他们自己的国家,在那个国家里他们可以随心所欲地把黑人当作奴隶使用。
17. 5. set down
18. (1)写下,记下,意义与write down相同。例如:
19. You had better set down your idea before you forget it.
20. 你最好把你的想法写下来,以免忘记。
21. (2)放下。例如:
22. He set down his load and had a break.
23. 他放下担子休息了一会儿。
24. 6. set somebody to do something. 使某人开始工作。例如:
25. He set his son John to repair the broken bicycle immediately John got home.
26. 他儿子约翰一到家他就让他修那辆破自行车。