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set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

法律

英英释义

verb

  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    1. We began working at dawn
    2. Who will start?
    3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
    4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
    5. He began early in the day
    6. Let's get down to work now
    Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence
  • enter upon an activity or enterprise
      Synonym:undertakeattempt
    1. begin to deal with
      1. approach a task
      2. go about a difficult problem
      3. approach a new project
      Synonym:go aboutapproach

    双语例句

    • Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
      拿定主意后,我立即着手实施我的计划。
    • Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
      吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。
    • How are we going to set about this?
      这事我们如何着手呢?
    • Now the two set about the arrows do not know what is.
      现在,这两着手箭头不知道是什么。
    • On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
      一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
    • And set about establishing fault gases growth model to predict the development of a failure to determine the basis.
      并着手建立故障气体的增长模式,为预测故障的发展提供了判断依据。
    • Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
      施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开,调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
    • But the basement won out and they set about trying to raise more money for the business.
      但地下室成功了,他们开始尝试为自己的公司筹集更多资金。
    • The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
      新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。
    • I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
      我试着道歉,但我认为我表达的方式却错了。