set out

英[setaʊt] 美[setaʊt]
  • vt. 规划;展现;摆放,布置;提出(理由);栽种(树苗等);阐述,说明
  • vi. 出发;开始;打算
Verb:
  1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

    "We began working at dawn"
    "Who will start?"
    "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
    "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
    "He began early in the day"
    "Let's get down to work now"

  2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;

    "lay out the clothes"
    "lay out the arguments"

  3. leave;

    "The family took off for Florida"

1. She has set out to seduce Stephen.
她已开始勾引斯蒂芬。

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2. When they set out they were well prepared.
他们出发时有很充分的准备。

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3. He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.
他已经完成了3年前开始努力做的事情。

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4. He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own.
他开始着手想办法创办属于自己的一家公司。

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5. He then set out for Virginia for what he vainly hoped would be a peaceful retirement.
于是他出发前往弗吉尼亚,徒然地希望这会是一次平静的引退。

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6. The troops are about to set out.
部队就要出发了。

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7. Relieved for the moment, Peter set out.
彼得暂时松了一口气,就出发了。

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8. She put on a velvet veil, then set out.
她蒙上一块天鹅绒的面纱,然后出发了。

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9. After resting a few minutes longer, they set out again.
休息了几分钟后,他们又出发了。

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10. Why did Marchenko and his students set out on the trip?
马尔琴科和他的学生们为什么要出发旅行?

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11. We gathered at the foot of the hill and set out to the peak.
我们在山脚下回合,朝着峰顶出发。

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12. Set out ahead of time, and you are much less likely to miss the bus.
提前出发,你就能不太可能会错过巴士了。

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13. They all set out on their journey together, and came at last to an ant-hill.
他们全部一起出发去度假了,最后来到了一座蚂蚁山。

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14. The proposition pleased the two others, and they set out on their way together.
这个提议使另外两个人很高兴,他们一起出发了。

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15. He set out on the long walk home.
他动身走很长的路回家了。

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16. Her work is always very well set out.
她总是把工作安排得很有条理。

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17. I set out to buy food.
我动身去买吃的。

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18. He set out his objections to the plan.
他陈述了他对这个计划的反对意见。

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19. She set out to break the world record.
她一心努力要打破世界纪录。

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20. They first set out to convert the heathen.
他们最初打算教化异教徒。

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21. They succeeded in what they set out to do.
他们实现了既定的目标。

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22. These movies deliberately set out to shock.
这些电影存心让人恶心。

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23. He set out to chisel a dog out of sandstone.
他开始用凿子将砂岩雕刻成一只狗。

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24. They set out on the last stage of their journey.
他们动身踏上最后一段行程。

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25. Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul.
琼斯曾试图威胁并控制保罗。

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26. We set out to determine exactly what happened that night.
我们着手查明那天晚上发生的事情。

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27. She set out the company's aims and objectives in her speech.
她在讲话中提出了公司的各项目标。

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28. The government has set out its timetable for the peace talks.
政府已制订出和平谈判的时间表。

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29. She set out the reasons for her resignation in a long letter.
她写了一封长信说明自己辞职的原因。

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30. The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals.
医生们已经说明了反对这些提案的理由。

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. Her work is always very well set out.
      她的工作总是很有条理。
    2. She set out the reasons for her resignation in a long letter.
      她在一封长信里阐明了辞职原因。
    3. She set out the pieces on the chess-board.
      她把国际象棋的棋子摆在棋盘上了。
    用作不及物动词 (vi.)
    1. We set out with enough provisions.
      我们带上足够的食品出发了。
    2. He joyfully consented and we set out.
      他欣然同意,我们就出发了。
    3. They set out on the last stage of their journey.
      他们开始了旅行的最后一程。
depart,leave,go,start,quit,set out
  • 这些动词均含“离开某处”之意。
  • depart较正式用词,指经过周密考虑或郑重地离开,强调离开的起点。
  • leave侧重出发地而不是目的地。
  • go一般用词,指从所在地到其它地方去,着重目的地而非出发地。
  • start可与leave换用,强调目的地,但不及leave普通。
  • quit侧重指离开令人烦恼的地方,或摆脱使人不快的人或事。
  • set out书面用词。