setting Meaning

verb

放置，安放

To put (something) down, to rest.

Examples :

"Set the tray there."

把托盘放在那里。

verb

安装，设置.

To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Examples :

"I have set my heart on running the marathon."

我已经下定决心要跑马拉松了。

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verb

使...处于，使...变成

To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

Examples :

"The teacher is setting the classroom rules for the new semester. "

老师正在为新学期设定课堂规则，使之生效。

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verb

点燃，开始。

To start (a fire).

Examples :

"The campers were careful to set a fire in the designated area. "

露营者们很小心地在指定区域点燃了一堆篝火。

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verb

固定，使停止，阻碍。

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

Examples :

"to set a coach in the mud"

把马车陷在泥里

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verb

确定，设定。

To determine or settle.

Examples :

"to set the rent"

确定租金

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verb

调整，设定。

To adjust.

Examples :

"I set the alarm at 6 a.m."

我把闹钟设定在早上六点。

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verb

砸平，钉入。

To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

Examples :

"He needed to set the nail into the wooden board to hang the picture. "

他需要把钉子砸平到木板里，这样才能挂画。

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verb

摆放餐具，布置餐桌。

To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Examples :

"Please set the table for our guests."

请为客人摆好餐具。

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verb

介绍，描述.

To introduce or describe.

Examples :

"I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."

我会告诉你发生了什么，但首先让我来描述一下当时的场景。

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verb

设定，设置。

To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

Examples :

"He says he will set his next film in France."

他说他打算把他的下一部电影的背景设定在法国。

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verb

设计，制定。

To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Examples :

"This crossword was set by Araucaria."

这个纵横字谜是阿拉乌卡里亚设计的。

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verb

布置，设置。

To prepare (a stage or film set).

Examples :

"The theater crew spent the morning setting the stage for the school play. "

剧院工作人员花了一上午的时间布置舞台，为学校的戏剧表演做准备。

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verb

陷害，栽赃。

To fit (someone) up in a situation.

Examples :

"The teacher set the students up with a challenging but achievable project. "

老师给学生们安排了一个有挑战性但可以完成的项目，锻炼他们。

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verb

排版，设置。

To arrange (type).

Examples :

"It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."

这页很复杂，但他很快就排好了版。

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verb

安排，布置。

To devise and assign (work) to.

Examples :

"The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."

老师给学生们布置了画脚的任务。

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verb

托球, 二传

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

Examples :

"The soccer player set the ball to his teammate for a shot on goal. "

那个足球运动员把球托给队友，让他射门。

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verb

凝固，硬化.

To solidify.

Examples :

"The glue sets in four minutes."

这种胶水四分钟就会凝固。

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verb

凝固，凝结.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Examples :

"to set milk for cheese"

让牛奶凝固做奶酪。

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verb

落下，西沉

Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Examples :

"The sun set behind the mountains as we finished our picnic. "

当我们结束野餐的时候，太阳落山了，隐没在群山之后。

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verb

取消，废除

To defeat a contract.

Examples :

"The student decided to set the contract for tutoring aside because the teacher's methods weren't working. "

由于老师的辅导方法没有效果，这个学生决定取消那份辅导合同。

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verb

出发，启程。

(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

Examples :

"The children set out for school early this morning. "

孩子们今天早上很早就出发去学校了。

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verb

结果，结实。

To produce after pollination.

Examples :

"to set seed"

结果实

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verb

结果，坐果

(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

Examples :

"The apple seeds, carefully planted in the garden, finally started setting. "

精心种植在花园里的苹果种子，终于开始坐果了。

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verb

坐，坐下

(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).

Examples :

"He sets in that chair all day."

他整天就坐在那把椅子上。

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verb

训练猎犬搜寻猎物

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Examples :

"The hunter was setting pointers to find the rabbits in the field. "

猎人正在训练指示犬搜寻田野里的兔子。

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verb

蹲守，指向猎物

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

Examples :

"The dog sets the bird."

那条狗蹲守着那只鸟，向我指示它的位置。

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verb

着手，开始。

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

Examples :

"He's setting himself the goal of finishing the project by Friday. "

他给自己定下了目标，着手要在星期五之前完成这个项目。

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verb

谱曲，配乐

To fit music to words.

Examples :

"The composer is setting the new poem to music for the school play. "

作曲家正在为校剧给这首新诗谱曲。

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verb

栽种，种植

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Examples :

"to set pear trees in an orchard"

把梨树栽种在果园里。

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verb

固定，设定

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Examples :

"The broken chair leg needed to be setting firmly back into place before anyone could sit on it safely. "

在任何人能安全坐上去之前，断掉的椅子腿需要被牢固地固定回原位。

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verb

趋向，倾向，流向。

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

Examples :

"The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward."

水流趋向北方；潮流倾向迎风面。

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verb

向舞伴致意，对舞。

(country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

Examples :

"Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller."

接下来领舞者喊道：“与舞伴对舞致意！”

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verb

安置，放置。

To place or fix in a setting.

Examples :

"to set a precious stone in a border of metal"

将宝石镶嵌在金属边框上。

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verb

安排，设置

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Examples :

"to set (that is, to hone) a razor"

把剃须刀磨好

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verb

铺开，展开

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Examples :

"to set the sails of a ship"

张开船帆

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verb

定调，校音。

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Examples :

"to set a psalm"

为赞美诗定调

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verb

复位，使复原。

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Examples :

"to set a broken bone"

给骨折的骨头复位。

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verb

安放，放置。

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully set the new window frame into the wall. "

木匠小心地把新窗框安放在墙里。

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verb

下注，打赌

To wager in gambling; to risk.

Examples :

"He decided to setting his savings on the outcome of the school sports game. "

他决定把所有积蓄都押在这次学校运动会的比赛结果上。

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verb

镶嵌, 装饰。

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Examples :

"The artist was setting the canvas with small, colorful beads. "

艺术家正在往画布上镶嵌小的、彩色珠子。

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verb

评估，估价

To value; to rate; used with at.

Examples :

"My parents are setting the value of a good education at a high level. "

我的父母对良好教育的价值评估很高。

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verb

制定，设立，规定。

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

Examples :

"to set a good example"

树立一个好榜样

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verb

适合，适宜。

To suit; to become.

Examples :

"It sets him ill."

这让他很不舒服。

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verb

分班, 按能力分班

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

Examples :

"The teacher is setting the students in math class according to their abilities. "

老师正在按能力给数学班的学生分班。

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noun

背景，环境，场景。

The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.

Examples :

"The setting of the school play was a bustling, medieval marketplace. "

这出校园戏剧的背景设定在一个熙熙攘攘的中世纪集市。

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noun

设置，布置

The act of setting.

Examples :

"the setting of the sun"

太阳的落下

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noun

镶嵌，底座

A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.

Examples :

"The ring's setting held a beautiful, sparkling diamond. "

戒指的底座上镶嵌着一颗美丽闪耀的钻石。

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noun

设置，档位

A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.

Examples :

"the volume setting on a television"

电视机的音量设置

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noun

指示猎物位置，标定

The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.

Examples :

"The setter's precise setting of the volleyball positioned the ball perfectly for the attack. "

二传手对排球精准的指示和标定，使球的位置恰到好处，便于进攻。

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noun

设网捕猎, 猎 setting 犬猎捕

Hunting with a setter.

Examples :

"The dog, a trained setter, was excellent at finding the lost ball in the park. "

那只狗是一条训练有素的setting犬，非常擅长在公园里找到丢失的球。（这里的setting犬指专门用于设网捕猎的猎犬。）

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noun

嵌入物，镶嵌物

Something set in, or inserted.

Examples :

"The teacher placed a new clock setting on the classroom wall. "

老师在教室墙上安装了一个新的钟表嵌入件.

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noun

谱曲, 乐曲.

A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

Examples :

"The teacher assigned a beautiful setting of the poem "Hope is the Thing with Feathers." "

老师布置了一首为诗歌《希望是长着羽毛的东西》谱写的优美乐曲。

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noun

舞台布景, 场景。

The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.

Examples :

"The theater department's elaborate setting for the school play included a miniature castle on stage. "

戏剧系为学校的戏剧精心制作了舞台布景，包括一个在舞台上的迷你城堡。

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noun

风向，方位

The direction of a current of wind.

Examples :

"The setting sun created a strong west wind, pushing the sailboat quickly. "

夕阳西下，产生了强劲的西风，风向助力帆船快速前进。

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adjective

落下的，西沉的

That disappears below the horizon

Examples :

"the setting sun"

西沉的太阳

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Meanings

放置，安放

Examples :

"Set the tray there."

把托盘放在那里。

安装，设置.

Examples :

"I have set my heart on running the marathon."

我已经下定决心要跑马拉松了。

使...处于，使...变成

Examples :

"The teacher is setting the classroom rules for the new semester. "

老师正在为新学期设定课堂规则，使之生效。

点燃，开始。

Examples :

"The campers were careful to set a fire in the designated area. "

露营者们很小心地在指定区域点燃了一堆篝火。

固定，使停止，阻碍。

Examples :

"to set a coach in the mud"

把马车陷在泥里

确定，设定。

Examples :

"to set the rent"

确定租金

调整，设定。

Examples :

"I set the alarm at 6 a.m."

我把闹钟设定在早上六点。

砸平，钉入。

Examples :

"He needed to set the nail into the wooden board to hang the picture. "

他需要把钉子砸平到木板里，这样才能挂画。

摆放餐具，布置餐桌。

Examples :

"Please set the table for our guests."

请为客人摆好餐具。

介绍，描述.

Examples :

"I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."

我会告诉你发生了什么，但首先让我来描述一下当时的场景。

设定，设置。

Examples :

"He says he will set his next film in France."

他说他打算把他的下一部电影的背景设定在法国。

设计，制定。

Examples :

"This crossword was set by Araucaria."

这个纵横字谜是阿拉乌卡里亚设计的。

布置，设置。

Examples :

"The theater crew spent the morning setting the stage for the school play. "

剧院工作人员花了一上午的时间布置舞台，为学校的戏剧表演做准备。

陷害，栽赃。

Examples :

"The teacher set the students up with a challenging but achievable project. "

老师给学生们安排了一个有挑战性但可以完成的项目，锻炼他们。

排版，设置。

Examples :

"It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."

这页很复杂，但他很快就排好了版。

安排，布置。

Examples :

"The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."

老师给学生们布置了画脚的任务。

托球, 二传

Examples :

"The soccer player set the ball to his teammate for a shot on goal. "

那个足球运动员把球托给队友，让他射门。

凝固，硬化.

Examples :

"The glue sets in four minutes."

这种胶水四分钟就会凝固。

凝固，凝结.

Examples :

"to set milk for cheese"

让牛奶凝固做奶酪。

落下，西沉

Examples :

"The sun set behind the mountains as we finished our picnic. "

坐，坐下