set up
柯林斯詞典
1. PHRASAL VERB If you set something up, you create or arrange it. 安排; 創(chuàng)建
The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims. 雙方同意成立一個委員會，調(diào)查索賠問題。
...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women. …一個安排有關(guān)婦女利益問題的會議組織。
2. setting upN-UNCOUNT 設(shè)置; 成立
The government announced the setting up of a special fund. 政府宣布設(shè)置了一項特別基金。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you set up a temporary structure, you place it or build it somewhere. 設(shè)立; 設(shè)置
They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres. 他們走上街頭，用燃燒的輪胎設(shè)置路障。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you set up a device or piece of machinery, you do the things that are necessary for it to be able to start working. 調(diào)試 (設(shè)備、機器等)
Setting up the camera can be tricky. 調(diào)試相機可能會很費事。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area. 開辦; 開創(chuàng)事業(yè)
The mayor's plan offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan. 市長的計劃是鼓勵在下曼哈頓區(qū)開公司。
He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest. 在布加勒斯特開創(chuàng)事業(yè)之前，他在倫敦當(dāng)過舞蹈教練。
Grandfather set them up in a printing business. 祖父資助他們開辦了一家印刷公司。
6. PHRASAL VERB If you set up house or home or set up shop, you buy a house or business of your own and start living or working there. (購置房子) 自立門戶; 自行開業(yè)
They married, and set up home in Atlanta. 他們結(jié)了婚，在亞特蘭大安了家。
7. PHRASAL VERB If you are set up by someone, they make it seem that you have done something wrong when you have not. 陷害; 誣陷[非正式]
He claimed yesterday that he had been set up after drugs were discovered at his home. 家中被查出毒品后，他昨天聲稱是遭人陷害。
8. →see also setup
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