set out

英 [set aʊt]

美 [set aʊt]

动身; 出发; 启程; 开始; 着手; 安排; 摆放; 陈列; （清晰而有条理地）陈述，阐述，说明

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程
  When youset out, you start a journey.
  1. When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
     每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
• PHRASAL VERB 开始;着手
  If youset out todo something, you start trying to do it.
  1. He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago...
     他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
  2. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
     我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
• PHRASAL VERB 安排;摆放;陈列
  If yousetthingsout, you arrange or display them somewhere.
  1. Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
     铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
• PHRASAL VERB (清晰而有条理地)陈述，阐述，说明
  If youset outa number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way.
  1. He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views...
     他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
  2. You will be given a Back To Work plan which sets out how you can best help yourself.
     你会收到一份《回归工作》计划，上面条理清晰地告诉你该如何将自己调整到最佳状态重返工作。

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 aboutcommence
• lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
  1. lay out the clothes
  2. lay out the arguments
  Synonym:rangearraylay out
• leave
  1. The family took off for Florida
  Synonym:departpartstartstart outset forthset offtake off

双语例句

• I've been looking at the cookery book. I like the way it is set out
  我翻过那本烹饪书。我喜欢它的版式设计。
• There is some artware set out in the room.
  房子里陈设着几件工艺品。
• Four of the most powerful men in Russia set out on a top-secret mission.
  俄罗斯最有势力的四个人身怀绝密任务出发了。
• She has set out to seduce Stephen.
  她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
  我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
• He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views
  他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
• You will be given a Back To Work plan which sets out how you can best help yourself.
  你会收到一份《回归工作》计划，上面条理清晰地告诉你该如何将自己调整到最佳状态重返工作。
• The troops set out before dawn.
  拂晓前，部队开拔了。
• 'I have', he remarked with pardonable pride, 'done what I set out to do.'
  “我已经，”他以情有可原的骄傲语气说，“完成了我要做的。”
• We have achieved what we set out to do.
  我们已经达成了原初的目标。