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高中CET4CET6考研IELTS

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基本释义

v.
放,置; 使处于; 以…为背景; 设置; 安排,确定; 树立,开创; 指派; 凝固; 接骨; 给…配乐; 落(下)
n.
一套/副/组; 一群人; 电视/收音机; 布景,摄影棚; (体育比赛)局; (数学)集合; 姿态; 发型; 凝固; 秧苗
adj.
位于…的; 安排好的; 固定的; 套(餐); 有可能的; 呆板的

词性变化

实用例句

There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country...

整个国家必须要有一套统一的法律。

I might need a spare set of clothes...

我可能需要一套备用的衣服。

Graf was leading 5-1 in the first set.

格拉芙第一盘以 5 比 1 领先。

The band continued with their set after a short break...

短暂的休息后,乐队继续演奏他们的曲目。

He plays a solo acoustic set.

他伴着原声乐器独唱了一组歌曲。

He belonged to what the press called 'The Chelsea Set'.

他属于媒体所称的“切尔西圈子”里的人。

From the first moment he got on the set, he wanted to be a director too...

自从进入摄影棚的第一刻起,他就希望自己也能成为一名导演。

...his stage sets for the Folies Bergeres.

他为牧女游乐园剧院设计的舞台布景

Matt looked at Hugh and saw the stubbornness in the set of his shoulders...

马特看着休,从他坚挺的肩膀中看出了他的倔强。

Artist Richard Stone has captured in her eyes and the set of her face her steely determination.

画家理查德·斯通在她的眼神和面部表情中捕捉到了她的坚毅和决绝。

Children spend so much time in front of the television set...

孩子们花在看电视上的时间太多了。

We got our first set — black and white — in 1963.

1963 年我们买了我们的第一台电视机——黑白的。

He took the case out of her hand and set it on the floor...

他从她手中拿过箱子,将它小心地放在地板上。

When he set his glass down he spilled a little drink.

他把杯子放下时,饮料溅出来一点。

The castle is set in 25 acres of beautiful grounds...

这座城堡坐落于一片方圆 25 英亩、风景秀丽的土地上。

Quiberon is set on an eight-mile peninsula.

基伯龙位于一个 8 英里大小的半岛上。

The man unlocked a gate set in a high wall and let me through...

那名男子打开了高墙中一面大门上的锁让我进去。

Set into an alcove under the side deck is a tiny wash basin.

舷边甲板下面的一个凹处放了一个小小的洗脸盆。

Set the kitchen timer going...

让厨房计时器开始计时。

A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering...

会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。

Set the volume as high as possible...

将音量尽量调大。

I forgot to set my alarm and I overslept.

我忘了定闹钟,结果睡过了头。

The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow...

会议主席将明天中午定为截止日期。

A date will be set for a future meeting...

将会确定将来会议的时间。

She sets a high value on autonomy...

她对自主权看得很重。

If you set no value on being a woman yourself, how can you expect others to?

如果你自己都认为做女人一文不值,又怎么能期望别人尊重你呢?

Legal experts said her case would not set a precedent because it was an out-of-court settlement...

法律专家说她的案子不会成为判例,因为它是庭外和解的。

A new world marathon record of 2 hrs, 8 min, 5 sec, was set by Stephen Jones of Great Britain...

英国的斯蒂芬·琼斯创造了新的马拉松世界纪录—— 2 小时 8 分零 5 秒。

I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives...

我必须严格地规划我的学业,同时给自己定下明确的目标。

We will train you first before we set you a task...

我们在给你分派任务之前会先对你进行培训。

真题例句

They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism : the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values, said Russell.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe is moral, and how to create a set of ethical rules.

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Set rules for man-machine interaction.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Setting a limit on the amount of sugar or salt in their products.

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It will create a completely new set of rules.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It sets a bad example for other industries.

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In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

A good system is one that keeps that worst-case setting as improbable as possible while also offering strong protection in the event of a less-extraordinary attack.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

They set a time limit for each specific task.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Somewhere along the way I set aside my hopes of writing that flawless essay.

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Once you have worthy opponents, set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities and boundaries.

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In the so-called effective schools, children are taught self-control under a set of strict rules.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The blasthit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

"You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values," said Russell.

2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

A California television station in Fresno reported Tuesday that James Savage set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, mail facilities were set up in dozens of locations across the country in the two weeks that USPS was unable to provide street delivery.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

After Hurricane Katrina interrupted routine delivery, temporary mail service points were set up.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Everybody's television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

He wanted to "set the standard for beauty in classical and mode cooling, and prove to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th century were the most famous in the world", as he wrote in his papers.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Let's make sure to set a double date during the event.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Once you have worthy opponents, set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities and boundaries.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The blast hit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an overnight journey from Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

They have special set menus for the week, usually in spring, at a number of different price points.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism: the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross- state road trips, and even set up on-demand fleets of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Setting the right carbon price will therefore efficiently align the costs paid by carbon users with the true social opportunity cost of using carbon.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture formed by exposure to great masterpieces.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Different upbringings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions, especially because education is strongly linked to earnings.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

This lawyer had fallen victim to the don’ts syndrome—a form of negative goals setting.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

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As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But the invisible group wasn't far behind the high-risk set, with more than 13% of them exhibiting depression.

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Assumptions about genetic differences between people of different races could be particularly dangerous in a medical setting.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The solution: set priorities—add up the annual cost of each item, then consider what else you could buy with the same money.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Unfortunately for them , our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia , and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Energy.systems, like an aircraft carrier set in motion, have huge momentum.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isn't high enough.

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A retired member of the Public and Commercial Services Union, she is setting up one of 1,100 action groups with the support of Climate Solidarity, a two-year environmental campaign aimed at trade unionists.

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Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Although large companies could easily set up their own advertising departments, write their own advertisements andbuy media space themselves, they tend to use the services of largeadvertising agencies.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Also, Venice, the city eternally threatened by the sea, where every morning wooden pathways have to be set up to allow tourists to reach their hotels.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

But good self-control can be set to run in families in that children who have good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps to ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurers price the risk of the robots based on the manufacturer's driving record, not the passenger's.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

If you'd like, I can set one aside for you.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for briefer periods and set out with less scholarly intentions, accompanied by a teacher or guardian, and expected to return home with souvenirs of their travels as well as an understanding of art and architecture form

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Put the list away and then set yourself the same task a week later.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Terrie Moffitt of Duke University and her research colleagues found that kids with self-control issues tended to grow up to become adults with a far more troubling set of issues to deal with.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

The tiny island nation has set aside 500, 000 square kilometers 80 percent—of its maritime territory, for full protection.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

We crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

When you have done this, try to organize your life so that the time set aside for learning coincides with the time when your memory is at its best.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

While there is still much progress to be made, other countries could learn a thing or two from the example set by France and Italy.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

You can do this by learning a set number of lines of poetry at different times of the day and seeing when most lines stick.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

According to the passage, the Adelmans set up "movers and Shakespeares" to give advice on leadership by analysing Shakespeare's plays.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 题设

Alice Moore is a teenager entrepreneur, who in may 2015 set up her business ailiecandy.

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze's chain shops also set a new standard for dining out.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

And besides, he or she has seen many students stupider than you, so nothing you're gong to ask will set the record for stupidity.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on the New York time's website.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

But it also set off the montgomery bus boycott.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter, you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

History gives art works special appeal to set them apart.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 选项

Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the underground network at 23.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

How did the author finally get this TV set working again?

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

I actually began to build up my arm muscles肌肉 shaking my set.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I put a small set of tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: "make something out of the tinkertoys."

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I realized this a day later, when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at seventy-five dollars less than I had paid.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

If the self-centred guest arrives late, the nine others at the table set for ten will have to wait.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the earth's changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions from 2008 to 2012.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In a recycling economy, we would make one set of 100 cans to start with, then replace them over and over again with recycled cans.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

In addition, the team set up a separate experiment that suggested that the baby birds that most closely imitated their mom's voice were rewarded with the most food.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

It can easily set TV on mute.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves setting up an on-going, timetable process of circle-meeting for adults and children.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Larry pulled over, set the brake and got hold the fire extinguishe?

2016年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Now she is conceiving a romance that has Shanghai of the 1930s as the setting.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设

One day after school, while exploring the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost fell on a set of stairs.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

One thing is certain: the truth about love is not yet set in stone.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

Only then should you set your goals.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Realisation will probably set in seconds after you've clicked "send".

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Set a specific life goal for their children.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Set boundaries for yourself as your time goes.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 选项

Set off early in the morning.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Set up reading groups for them.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

She badly needed to set higher goals.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Some of them are also later sold, in order to limit the number of ponies according to the rules set by natural england.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Sometimes this technique would not work, and I had to pick up the set and shake it to remove the sound.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The person who sets out late might be careless in driving.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The set worked so beautiful when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Then I started developing a problem with the set that involved static noise.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

These activities are regulated by flexible rules adapted from standardized sport rules and are set up by the children or by an involved adult.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to ?

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This month, Germany's transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles.

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Unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of Jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures.

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Vaillant's team obtained their findings by comparing different sets of scores.

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We are therefore not talking about adapting to a new standard, but to a constantly shifting set of conditions.

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When people try to interrupt you, have set hours planned and let them know to come back during that time or that you'll find them then.

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While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration.

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You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.

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You should have seen macy cry when ed was about to set off on the first day, though.

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You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.

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You will be anxious if you set out for a dinner late.

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We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.

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Each set of circumstances, however bad, offers a unique opportunity for growth.

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Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool.

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Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules.

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On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as a default.

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Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

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The Nobels were, of course, themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money.

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The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online-only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints.

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In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.

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Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.

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A series of fires and overcrowded conditions led to the construction of the existing Treasury Building.

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Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one.

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Every Saturday morning, at 9 am, more than 50,000 runner set off to run 5 km around their local park.

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first, it is very expensive to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the dominant form of payment.

2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

If the bills become law, state boards and commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board seats for women by 2022.

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On May 31st Microsoft set off the row.

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Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely tied.

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The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat.

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn't just expensive; it's excessive at a time when online-only competitors don't have the same set of financial constraints.

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The most drastic, and thoroughly illegal, reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub, a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers, set up in 2012, which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since 2015.

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These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

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USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67, 000 birds over the next 10 years.

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While these measures would be welcome in the short term, we must face up to the fact that the existing £4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set to expire in 2015, is unlikely to be extended beyond then.

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You won't be eating out a lot, but save your pennies and once every few months treat yourself to a set lunch at a good restaurant —£1.75 a week for three months gives you £21 — more than enough for a three course lunch at Michelin-Starred Arbutus.

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英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used;

    "a set of books"

    "a set of golf clubs"

    "a set of teeth"

  • 2. (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols;

    "the set of prime numbers is infinite"

  • 3. several exercises intended to be done in series;

    "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

  • 4. representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production;

    "the sets were meticulously authentic"

  • 5. an unofficial association of people or groups;

    "the smart set goes there"

    "they were an angry lot"

  • 6. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;

    "the set of his mind was obvious"

  • 7. the act of putting something in position;

    "he gave a final set to his hat"

  • 8. a unit of play in tennis or squash;

    "they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

  • 9. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

    "the hardening of concrete"

    "he tested the set of the glue"

  • 10. the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon;

    "before the set of sun"

  • 11. (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way;

    "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"

    "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set"

  • 12. any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals;

    "the early sets ran on storage batteries"

Verb
  • 1. put into a certain place or abstract location;

    "Put your things here"

    "Set the tray down"

    "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"

    "Place emphasis on a certain point"

  • 2. fix conclusively or authoritatively;

    "set the rules"

  • 3. decide upon or fix definitely;

    "fix the variables"

    "specify the parameters"

  • 4. establish as the highest level or best performance;

    "set a record"

  • 5. put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state;

    "set the house afire"

  • 6. fix in a border;

    "The goldsmith set the diamond"

  • 7. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

    "Get the children ready for school!"

    "prepare for war"

    "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

  • 8. set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly;

    "set clocks or instruments"

  • 9. locate;

    "The film is set in Africa"

  • 10. disappear beyond the horizon;

    "the sun sets early these days"

  • 11. adapt for performance in a different way;

    "set this poem to music"

  • 12. put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

    "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

  • 13. apply or start;

    "set fire to a building"

  • 14. become gelatinous;

    "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"

  • 15. put into a position that will restore a normal state;

    "set a broken bone"

  • 16. insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

  • 17. give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

  • 18. urge a dog to attack someone

  • 19. estimate;

    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

  • 20. equip with sails, masts, etc.;

    "rig a ship"

  • 21. get ready for a particular purpose or event;

    "set up an experiment"

    "set the table"

    "lay out the tools for the surgery"

  • 22. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

    "Adjust the clock, please"

    "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

  • 23. bear fruit;

    "the apple trees fructify"

  • 24. arrange attractively;

    "dress my hair for the wedding"

Adjective
  • 1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

    "in no fit state to continue"

    "fit to drop"

    "laughing fit to burst"

    "she was fit to scream"

    "primed for a fight"

    "we are set to go at any time"

  • 2. fixed and unmoving;

    "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"

    "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien

    "a face rigid with pain"

  • 3. situated in a particular spot or position;

    "valuable centrally located urban land"

    "strategically placed artillery"

    "a house set on a hilltop"

    "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

  • 4. set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people";

    "stones laid in a pattern"

  • 5. being below the horizon;

    "the moon is set"

  • 6. determined or decided upon as by an authority;

    "date and place are already determined"

    "the dictated terms of surrender"

    "the time set for the launching"

  • 7. converted to solid form (as concrete)

同义词辨析

lay, place, put, set

这些动词均有"放"之意。

  • lay: 指小心地把人或物平放或横放,侧重动作安稳。
  • place: 较正式用词,指把某物放在一个正确的位置上,侧重动作的正确。
  • put: 普通用词,含义较广泛。指把人或物置于某处,并将其留在该处。
  • set: 普通用词,指为了某种目的而将人或物放在一定位置上。指物是多指立着放。

同义词

反义词

vi.落,下沉;衰落

rise

其他释义

rise

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