set back
- 使推迟，使延误;阻碍;使花费，使破费;耽误;把（钟、表）的指针往回拨;使（建筑物等）位于不突出处
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PHRASAL VERB 使推迟;使延误;耽误
If something sets you back or sets back a project or scheme, it causes a delay.It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up...
这已经在这么多方面给我们造成了延误,我都无法确定我们要花多长时间才能赶上。
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PHRASAL VERB 使花费;使破费
If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money.In 1981 dinner for two in New York would set you back £5.
1981 年的时候,在纽约两个人吃一顿饭要花费 5 英镑。
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verb
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- slow down the progress of;hinder
- His late start set him back
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- hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
- Synonym: postpone prorogue hold over put over table shelve defer remit put off
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- cost a certain amount
- My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
- Synonym: knock back put back
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There will be a risk of public protest that could set back reforms .
这可能会引发公众抗议，进而可能使变革推迟。
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Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure .
任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。
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Work on the new theatre has been set back three months
兴建新剧院的工作误了三个月
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The accident set back the plan by one week .
这件意外使得计划延后一星期。
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The house is set back a little way from the main road .
这房子与主干道有一段距离。
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One house was set back from the rest .
有一栋房子坐落于其他房子的后面。
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All their efforts at reform have been set back .
他们所有的改革努力都遭受到挫折。
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The project is set back six week by bad weather .
因恶劣的天气该公司推迟了六周。
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The house is set back some distance from the street .
这房屋离街面有一段距离。
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The problems arising in production set back his plan .
生产中发生的问题，使他的计划延迟。
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Financial problems have set back our building programme .
财务上出现的问题延误了我们的建设计划。
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His low test grade will set back his graduation date .
他成绩太低，因此毕业日期将会往后挪。
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Please set back the hands of the clock one hour .
请把钟拨慢一小时。
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I don 't know how far that set back China 's modernization and development .
我不知道让中国现代化建设和发展倒退需要用多长时间。
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Our house is set back from the road .
我们的房子离公路有一段距离。
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Never give up , Never set back .
永不放弃永不退缩。
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The bad weather will set back our building plans .
恶劣的天气将使我们的施工计划延后。
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It 's impossible to set back the clock of history .
要使历史车轮倒转是办不到的。
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This has set back the whole programme of nuclear power in america .
这推迟了美国的整个核能计划。
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The bad weather set back the building programme by several weeks .
由于天气恶劣，建筑计划延误了好几个星期。
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Those factors set back its development further and the promotion of strength severely .
这些都严重的阻碍了它的进一步发展和实力的提升。
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Focus on commitment . don 't give up after the first set back .
关注承诺。不要因为一次受阻而放弃。
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She seemed better until her set back .
她似乎好起来了，后来又退步了。
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The bad weather has already set back our building plan by two weeks .
此句用现在完成时表明“恶劣的天气使我们的建筑计划耽搁了两个星期”。
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Let 's set back the clock half an hour .
咱们来把钟拨回半个钟头。
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He set back his watch three minutes .
他将表拨慢了三分钟。
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The second trail was set back half an hour .
第二次审讯推迟了半个小时。
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The international financial crisis in 2008 has set back the entire economy of the world .
2008年的国际金融危机造成了世界经济的衰退。
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We don 't consider it possible to set back the clock of history .
我们认为要使历史的时针倒转是不可能的。
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Mussolini and his group set back the progress of Italy many years .
墨索里尼一伙使意大利倒退了好多年。