参考词典中set off的常规释义:
基本释义
- v.出发,动身,使爆炸,引起,使爆发,抵销,分开,衬托
参考例句
- They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发寻找失踪的孩子。 - The robbers carried off the set of jewelry.
强盗劫持了一套珠宝。 - The Bomb was set to go off in three hours.
炸弹被设定在三个小时内爆炸。 - They set off a debate about the problem.
他们对这个问题展开了辩论。 - We set off at a trot.
我们策马快步出发。
- They set off in search of the lost child.
英英解释
7个动词解释
- put in motion or move to act
[同] activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip
[例]- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- leave
[同] depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off
[例]- The family took off for Florida
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- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
[同] bring out, set off
[例]- This dress accentuates your nice figure!
- I set off these words by brackets
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
[同] detonate, explode, blow up, set off
[例]- We exploded the nuclear bomb
- make up for
[同] cancel, offset, set off
[例]- His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
- set in motion or cause to begin
[例]- The guide set the tour off to a good start
- provoke or stir up
[同] incite, instigate, set off, stir up
[例]- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
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