set up
- 建立;设置;设立;安装，装配，调试（设备或机器）;创建;安排;组建;产生;开（店）;创业;引起;安（家）;开业;引发;陷害;建起;冤枉;立业;诬陷
set upThese words all mean to make sth, especially by putting different parts together.以上各词均含制造、建造之义。
to make sth, especially a building, by putting parts together指制造、建造、修建（尤指房屋）：
a house built of stone
用石头建造的房子
They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。
[often passive] ( rather formal ) to build sth such as a road, building or machine指修建、建造（公路、房屋、机器等）
( rather formal ) to fit together all the separate parts of sth such as a piece of furniture or a machine指装配、组装（家具、机器等）：
The cupboard is easy to assemble.
这个橱柜容易组装。
( formal ) to build sth; to put sth in position and make it stand upright指建立、建造、安装、竖立、搭起：
Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.
警察只得设立路障来阻截人群。
to build sth or place sth somewhere指搭建、建立、设立、设置：
We decided to set up camp for the night.
我们决定搭帐篷过夜。
to build sth or place sth somewhere指修建、建立、设立、设置：
They're putting up new hotels in order to boost tourism in the area.
他们正在盖新旅馆以促进该地区的旅游业。
Set sth up is not used for permanent buildings. |
You set up camp but put up a tent . For other temporary structures you can use either word. |
to make or prepare sth by fitting or collecting parts together指组装、组织、汇集：
to put together a model plane
组装飞机模型
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- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
- Synonym: fix prepare ready gear up set
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- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- set up an experiment
- set the table
- lay out the tools for the surgery
- Synonym: lay out set
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- equip with sails or masts
- rig a ship
- Synonym: rig set
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- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
- Synonym: arrange put order
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- put into a proper or systematic order
- arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
- Synonym: arrange
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- erect and fasten
- pitch a tent
- Synonym: pitch
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- set up for use
- install the washer and dryer
- We put in a new sink
- Synonym: install instal put in
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- place
- Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
- Synonym: install instal establish
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- produce
- The scientists set up a shock wave
- Synonym: effect effectuate
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- create by putting components or members together
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
- Synonym: assemble piece put together tack tack together
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- construct, build, or erect
- Raise a barn
- Synonym: raise erect rear put up
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- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- set up an election
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- set up or found
- She set up a literacy program
- Synonym: establish found launch
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- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- rig an election
- Synonym: rig
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- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
- Synonym: ensnare entrap frame
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I set up the computer so that they could work from home .
我把电脑设置好，这样他们就可以在家办公了。
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The city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles .
该市警察设置了路障以检查过往车辆。
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Our first task is to set up a communications system .
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
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Our first task will be to set up a communications system .
我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。
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A working party has been set up to look into the problem .
已成立一个工作小组来调查这个问题。
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The scheme has been set up to help homeless people .
这个计划的目的是帮助无家可归的人。
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The system is set up but it needs some fine-tuning .
该系统已装配好，但需要一些细小调整。
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They got married and set up home together in Hull .
他们结婚了，一同在赫尔建立了新家。
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Cameras were set up at strategic points along the route .
在沿途一些最佳位置架设了摄像机。
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An independent body has been set up to investigate the affair .
已成立了一个独立机构调查这件事。
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The government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry .
政府同意成立一个调查委员会。
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She took out a bank loan and set up on her own .
她从银行贷了一笔款，自己干起来了。
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We decided to set up camp for the night .
我们决定搭帐篷过夜。
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They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton .
他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里安了家。
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He has just set up his own business but it will take him a while to get established .
他刚建立起自己的公司，但要站稳脚跟还得花上一段时间。
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The machine is a doddle to set up and use .
这机器的安装和使用都很简单。
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She has set up in business as a hairdresser .
她已经开店当理发师。
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The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction .
成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝。
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Parliament voted to set up an independent inquiry into the matter .
议会表决对这个问题进行独立调查。
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The occupying forces set up a puppet government .
占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。
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The community centre was set up under the auspices of a government initiative .
在政府的大力支持下社区中心建成了。
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The police set up blockades on highways leading out of the city .
警察在城市出口的公路上设下路障。
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If you need to write a lot of similar letters , set up a template on your computer .
如果你需要写许多类似的信件，就在计算机上设一个模板。
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The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison .
政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
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I couldn 't afford more than a broom cupboard to set up office in .
我的钱也就够搞一间鸡窝大的办公室。
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They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp .
他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。
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They set up a working party to look into the issue .
他们设立了一个特别工作组来调查这个问题。
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I set up a ginger group on the environment .
我建立了一个积极从事环保的组织。
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She had plans to set up in business on her own account .
她计划自己创业。
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The questions were set up to make her look dumb .
问题这么设计，就是为了让她出丑。
普通用词，应用范围最广，既可用于表示建造具体有形的建筑，又可用于表示抽象意义上的建立、构建。
The government plans to build new houses for local people.
政府计划为当地居民建造新住宅。
He built this business from scratch.
他白手起家建立了这家企业。
强调按照一定设计建造规模较大、结构较复杂的物体，特别指按照图纸构筑某种建筑物。
It takes them about three years to construct such an plane.
他们造这样一架飞机大约需要3年时间。
This skyscraper was constructed entirely of concrete and glass.
这幢摩天大楼全部是用水泥和玻璃构筑的。
强调稳固地建成，可指建立国家、政府、学校或商店等，也可指建立信仰、名誉、法律、制度、关系等。
A good friendship was established between the two countries.
两国之间建立了良好的友谊。
This time-honored company was established in the 1880s.
这家老字号公司创建于19世纪80年代。
常指通过提供必要的资金创建城市、公司、学校等，含打下基础之意。
This city was founded by the Romans.
这座城市由罗马人兴建。
The scholars have founded an educational institution.
这些学者创办了一家教育机构。
侧重指开始着手创建公司、机构、委员会等。
Those three postgraduate students wanted to set up their own export business.
那3个研究生曾想成立自己的出口公司。
You'd better pay attention to the new regulations for setting up academic organizations.
你最好关注一下成立学术组织的新条例。