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set off
1 PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程 When you set off, you start a journey. 动身;出发;启程

  • Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut. [VERB PREP. prep./adv.]

    尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。

  • The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip. [VERB PREP. prep./adv.]

    总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。

  • I set off, full of optimism. [VERB PREP.]

    我无比乐观地出发了。

SYN leave, set out, depart, embark
2 PHRASAL VERB 引爆(炸弹);触发，拉响(警报等) If something sets off something such as an alarm or a bomb, it makes it start working so that, for example, the alarm rings or the bomb explodes. 引爆(炸弹);触发，拉响(警报等)

  • Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm. [VERB PREP. noun]

    一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。

  • Someone set off a fire extinguisher. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]

    有人打开了灭火器。

  • It could take months before evidence emerges on how the bomb was made, and who set it off. [VERB noun PREP.]

    关于炸弹是如何制造的以及是谁引爆的，可能需要几个月时间才会有证据浮出水面。

3 PHRASAL VERB 引发;触发;激起 If something sets off an event or a series of events, it causes it to start happening. 引发;触发;激起 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]

  • The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid. [VERB PREP. noun]

    救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱,村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。

  • If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]

    如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。

SYN cause, start, produce, generate
4 PHRASAL VERB 使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈 If something sets a person off, it makes them angry, or makes them remember something and they start talking a lot. 使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n (not pron)]

  • The smallest thing sets him off, and he can't stop talking about his childhood. [VERB noun PREP.]

    一件微不足道的小事都能打开他的话匣子，他会滔滔不绝地讲述他的童年。

SYN upset, make angry, discompose
5 PHRASAL VERB 衬托;(通常指通过对比)使显得更漂亮 If one colour, flavour, or object sets off another, it makes it look more attractive, often by providing a contrast. 衬托;(通常指通过对比)使显得更漂亮 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]

  • Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]

    蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。

  • ...perfectly proportioned galleries that set off the contents to their best advantage. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]

    结构匀称完美、能最有效地凸显其展品的展览馆

SYN enhance, show off, complement, throw into relief

See also: set off

set off phrasal verb
⇨ set off (set off at dawn) ⇨ prompt (set off a debate) ⇨ turn sth on (set off the alarm)set off

phrasal verb

  ➡ See also the entry for leave 1 另见leave条第1义set off ♦︎ take off ♦︎ start ♦︎ set out ♦︎ set sailThese words all mean to begin a journey. 这些词均表示出发、起程。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to set off / take off / start / set out / set sail for / from sth◆to set off / take off / start (out) / set out / set sail on a journey, voyage, etc.◆to set off / take off / start / set out early■ ˌset ˈoff

phrasal verb

(setting, set, set)to leave at the start of a journey 出发；动身；起程◆We set off at dawn.我们黎明时就出发了。◆They set off to explore the island.他们动身去那个岛上探险。■ ˌtake ˈoff

phrasal verb

(took, taken)(of an aircraft) to leave the ground and begin to fly; (of a person) to set off in an aircraft （飞机）起飞；（人）乘飞机出发◆The plane took off an hour late.飞机起飞晚了一个小时。◆What time do we take off?我们什么时候乘飞机出发？ⓘ In informal American English take off can be used when sb leaves a place to go somewhere else. 在非正式美式英语中，take off可指某人离开某地前往其他地方◆We took off for the beach.我们动身前往海滩。 OPP land ⇨ land verb ■ start [intransitive] to begin a journey 出发；动身；起程◆What time do we start?我们什么时候出发？◆They had started out from Saigon the previous day.他们前一天就已经从西贡出发了。■ ˌset ˈout

phrasal verb

(setting, set, set) (especially written) to leave at the start of a journey 出发；动身；起程◆He set out along the path the old man had shown him.他沿着老人指给他的那条小路出发了。NOTE 辨析 Set off, start out or set out?There is no real difference in meaning between these words. Set off is the most frequent and least formal. Start (out) and set out are used more in written English than in spoken English; set out especially can sound slightly literary. 这三个短语在含义上没有实质差别。set off最常用也最不正式；start (out)和set out较多用于书面语而非口语。set out听起来尤其带点文学色彩。■ set ˈsail

idiom

(setting, set, set) (rather formal) to begin a journey in a ship or boat 起航；开航◆The family set sail for a new life in Australia.这家人起航前往澳大利亚开始新的生活。

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