set off

英 [set ɒf]

美 [set ɔːf]

动身; 出发; 启程; 引爆（***）; 拉响（警报等）; 引发; 触发; 激起

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程
  When youset off, you start a journey.
  1. Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut...
     尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。
  2. The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip...
     总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。
  3. I set off, full of optimism.
     我无比乐观地出发了。
• PHRASAL VERB 引爆(***);触发，拉响(警报等)
  If somethingsets offsomething such as an alarm or a bomb, it makes it start working so that, for example, the alarm rings or the bomb explodes.
  1. Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm...
     一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。
  2. Someone set off a fire extinguisher...
     有人打开了灭火器。
  3. It could take months before evidence emerges on how the bomb was made, and who set it off.
     关于***是如何制造的以及是谁引爆的，可能需要几个月时间才会有证据浮出水面。
• PHRASAL VERB 引发;触发;激起
  If somethingsets offan event or a series of events, it causes it to start happening.
  1. The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid...
     救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱,村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。
  2. If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.
     如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。
• PHRASAL VERB 使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈
  If somethingsetsa personoff, it makes them angry, or makes them remember something and they start talking a lot.
  1. The smallest thing sets him off, and he can't stop talking about his childhood.
     一件微不足道的小事都能打开他的话匣子，他会滔滔不绝地讲述他的童年。
• PHRASAL VERB 衬托;(通常指通过对比)使显得更漂亮
  If one colour, flavour, or objectsets offanother, it makes it look more attractive, often by providing a contrast.
  1. Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair.
     蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。
  2. ...perfectly proportioned galleries that set off the contents to their best advantage.
     结构匀称完美、能最有效地凸显其展品的展览馆

英英释义

verb

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy
  1. We exploded the nuclear bomb
  Synonym:explodedetonateblow up
• set in motion or cause to begin
  1. The guide set the tour off to a good start
• direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
  1. This dress accentuates your nice figure!
  2. I set off these words by brackets
  Synonym:bring out
• provoke or stir up
  1. incite a riot
  2. set off great unrest among the people
  Synonym:inciteinstigatestir up
• put in motion or move to act
  1. trigger a reaction
  2. actuate the circuits
  Synonym:tripactuatetriggeractivatespark offsparktrigger offtouch off
• leave
  1. The family took off for Florida
  Synonym:departpartstartstart outset forthset outtake off
• make up for
  1. His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
  Synonym:canceloffset

双语例句

• We set off in a southerly direction.
  我们向南出发了。
• I set off, full of optimism.
  我无比乐观地出发了。
• When she had an affair with her friend's husband, she wittingly set off a chain of crises.
  她和朋友的丈夫私通，故意引发了一连串危机。
• We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
  我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。
• Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.
  安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。
• I set off for a new adventure in the United States on the first day of the new year.
  新年第一天，我在美国开始了一次新的冒险。
• She gave a hurried wave and set off across the grass
  她匆匆地挥了挥手便穿过草地离开了。
• Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair.
  蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。
• Just as she prepared to set off to the next village, two friends arrived in a taxi.
  正当她准备出发去下一个村子时，两个朋友乘出租车来了。
• We set off again at a more sedate pace.
  我们重新上路了，步调更加从容。