set是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen -- 引起，引發（常指一系列事件）

  • The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots. 法庭審理這樁警官案件所作出的初審判決引起了嚴重的暴亂。

  • Terrorists set off a bomb in the city centre. 恐怖分子在市中心引爆了一顆炸彈。

  • Somebody set the alarm off on my car. 有人觸發了我車上的報警器。

• 1 to make something look attractive by providing a contrast (= attractive difference) to it -- （透過對比）使更有吸引力；襯托

  • The new yellow cushions nicely set off the pale green of the chair covers. 黃色的新靠墊把淺綠色的椅套襯托得很好看。