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，引发（常指一系列事件）

  • The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots. 法庭审理这起警官案件作出的初审判决引起了严重的暴乱。

  • Terrorists set off a bomb in the city centre. 恐怖分子在市中心引爆了一颗炸弹。

  • Somebody set the alarm off on my car. 有人触发了我车上的报警器。

• 1 to make something look attractive by providing a contrast (= attractive difference) to it -- （通过对比）使更有吸引力；衬托

  • The new yellow cushions nicely set off the pale green of the chair covers. 黄色的新靠垫把浅绿色的椅套衬托得很好看。