set out
- 动身，出发，启程;开始，着手;（清晰而有条理地）陈述，阐述，说明;安排，摆放，陈列;（怀着目标）开始工作，展开任务
set outset out
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PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程
When you set out, you start a journey.When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
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PHRASAL VERB 开始;着手
If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it.He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago...
他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
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PHRASAL VERB 安排;摆放;陈列
If you set things out, you arrange or display them somewhere.Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
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PHRASAL VERB (清晰而有条理地)陈述，阐述，说明
If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way.He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views...
他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
verb
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- 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
- Synonym: get down begin get start out start set about commence
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- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- lay out the clothes
- lay out the arguments
- Synonym: range array lay out
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- leave
- The family took off for Florida
- Synonym: depart part start start out set forth set off take off
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I set out to buy food .
我动身去买吃的。
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We shall set out immediately once the matter is settled .
事谐之后，即可动身。
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When they set out they were well prepared .
他们出发时有很充分的准备。
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The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch .
政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
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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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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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It is set out in a legally binding protocol which forms part of the treaty .
这在有法律约束力的、构成条约之一部分的附件中有说明。
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These movies deliberately set out to shock .
这些电影存心让人恶心。
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He set out to convert the heathen .
他决心要使异教徒皈依。
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He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago
他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
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We have achieved what we set out to do .
我们已经达成了原初的目标。
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We set out to find the truth behind the mystery .
我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
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He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own .
他开始寻求思路创办自己的公司。
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He set out to square his dreams with reality .
他开始让自己的梦想接近现实。
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He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors
他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。
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The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals
医生们已经陈述了他们反对这些提案的理由。
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The state announced a clear-cut policy and set out to carry it through .
政府宣布了一项明确的政策，并着手付诸实施。
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They set out in a westerly direction along the riverbank .
他们沿着河岸向西出发了。
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A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank .
5只划艇排成一行从对岸出发了。
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I 've been looking at the cookery book . I like the way it is set out
我翻过那本烹饪书。我喜欢它的版式设计。
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He set out to follow his artistic inclinations .
他开始追求自己的艺术爱好。
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Four of the most powerful men in Russia set out on a top-secret mission .
俄罗斯最有势力的四个人身怀绝密任务出发了。
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He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse .
他4点钟起了床，徒步出发去猎杀黑琴鸡。
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Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul
琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。
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She has set out to seduce Stephen .
她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
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Set out the cakes attractively , using lacy doilies .
铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
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' I have ' , he remarked with pardonable pride , ' done what I set out to do . '
“我已经，”他以情有可原的骄傲语气说，“完成了我要做的。”
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I don 't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each album . At the same time , I do have a sense of what is right for the moment .
我不觉得我一开始就特意为每张专辑设定了不同的曲风。然而，我确实知道当时想要的是什么感觉。
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They decided to set out right away .
他们决定立刻出发。
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As the sky lightened , we had to set out .
天色渐亮，我们得出发了。