set about

set about音标

英 [set əˈbaut]

美 [sɛt əˈbaʊt]

set about基本释义

set about用法及例句

verb

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

e.g. We began working at dawnWho will start?Get working as soon as the sun rises!The first tourists began to arrive in CambodiaHe began early in the dayLet's get down to work now

Synonym: get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence

2. enter upon an activity or enterprise

Synonym: undertakeattempt

3. begin to deal with

e.g. approach a taskgo about a difficult problemapproach a new project

Synonym: go aboutapproach

1.

1. 开始,着手：serve right活该,给应得的待遇 | set about开始,着手 | set aside挑出,拨出,留出;拒绝

2. 开始;散布(谣言等)：serve right 活该;给应得的待遇 | set about 开始;散布(谣言等) | set apart 使分离;使显得突出

3. set about的翻译

3. 考虑;留意：service station 加油站 | set about 考虑;留意 | set back 拖延

4. 着手(开始)做某事攻击,乱揍：sever the purpose 适合目的;有用;有助于;解决问题 | set about 着手(开始)做某事攻击,乱揍 | set back 耽搁,延缓;推迟;使退步;阻碍;(把钟)往回拨

近义词

临近词

start out开始

undertake承担

set out规划

approach靠近

get得到

commence开始

get down下来

go about着手做

begin开始

attempt企图

start开始

setulf

set

相关列句

He set about learning Chinese at age ten.(他在十岁时开始学中文。)

Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.(人们毫不气馁，又开始重建家园。)

She set about trying to find out everything she possibly could about cancer.(她着手尝试着尽可能挖掘每件涉及癌症的东西。)

He set about raising an army.(他着手组建一支部队。)

The Gerdses built a facility just off Pinecone Road and set about building their client base.(盖尔特夫妇在松果路旁建立了这家医院并着手建立自己的客户群。)

So like any diligent scientist, he set about trying to derive one.(所以，像其他勤奋的科学家一样，他自己尝试着推论出一个来。)

She set about the business of cleaning the house.(她动手打扫起房子来。)

He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing.(他已着手瓜分哈默白手起家创办的公司。)

They took a long time getting to the top, the only reward for the long years of waiting being that when they had their own newspapers, both knew what they wanted and firmly set about getting it.(他们花了很长时间才达到顶峰，多年等待的唯一回报是，当他们有了自己的报纸，他们俩都知道自己想要什么，并坚定地着手去实现它。)

Armed with the information you have gathered, you can set about preparing your business plan.(有了这些信息，你就可以开始着手准备你的商业计划了。)