The runners set off at a blistering pace.
赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
他开始了在新斯科舍为期19天的猎驼鹿行程。
I set off for a new adventure in Alaska on the first day of the new year.
我在新年第一天出发去阿拉斯加进行一次新的冒险。
The news set off a continent-wide health scare.
这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。
They set off at a leisurely pace.
他们步态悠闲地出发了。
They set off at a steady pace.
他们以不紧不慢的速度出发了。
我们快步出发了。
I left my car in a lay-by and set off on foot.
我把车留在路侧停车带，开始步行。
We set off again at a more sedate pace.
我们又一次出发了,步调更加缓慢。
They set off at a jog up one street and down another.
他们跑步出发，沿着一条街跑过来又沿另外一条街跑过去。
卡纳克以慢步小跑出发了。
她骑着马慢跑出发。
He set off with a loping stride.
他迈着轻快的步伐出发了。
We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
我们又一次出发了，走在一条崎岖不平的山间小路上。
Someone set off a fire extinguisher.
有人打开了灭火器。
The horse set off at a spanking pace.
那匹马一溜烟飞奔而去。
Election officials predict they'll set a new turnout record for an off-year election in Washington state.
选举官员预测，他们将在华盛顿州创下非大选年参加投票人数的新纪录。
It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.
这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂来弄清楚他们怎么生产出了如此了不起的产品。
We set off at a smartish pace.
我们快步出发了。
We set off in a southerly direction.
我们向南方出发了。
Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
股市恐慌引发了一轮抛售潮。
When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying.
上周美国商务部报告称，6月份的贸易逆差接近500亿美元，这引发了新一轮的经济末日预言。
This phenomenon has set off an intensifying discussion at hospitals and medical schools about a problem perhaps best described as "distracted doctoring".
这种现象在医院和医学院引发了关于“分心诊断”这一问题的激烈讨论。
Supplies began running low and early this week, five set off on foot across snow fields; on Friday, after four days of trudging, they reached a working military radio center.
供应开始减少，本周早些时候，五个人徒步穿越雪地；周五，经过四天的跋涉，他们到达了一个正在工作的军事无线电中心。
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