set up ( setting, sets )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you set something up, you create or arrange it. 安排; 创建

  例：

  The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

  双方同意成立一个委员会，调查索赔问题。

  例：

  ...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women.

  …一个安排有关妇女利益问题的会议组织。

• 2. 

  setting up N-UNCOUNT 设置; 成立

  例：

  The government announced the setting up of a special fund.

  政府宣布设置了一项特别基金。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you set up a temporary structure, you place it or build it somewhere. 设立; 设置

  例：

  They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres.

  他们走上街头，用燃烧的轮胎设置路障。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you set up a device or piece of machinery, you do the things that are necessary for it to be able to start working. 调试 (设备、机器等)

  例：

  Setting up the camera can be tricky.

  调试相机可能会很费事。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area. 开办; 开创事业

  例：

  The mayor's plan offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan.

  市长的计划是鼓励在下曼哈顿区开公司。

  例：

  He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest.

  在布加勒斯特开创事业之前，他在伦敦当过舞蹈教练。

  例：

  Grandfather set them up in a printing business.

  祖父资助他们开办了一家印刷公司。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you set up house or home or set up shop, you buy a house or business of your own and start living or working there. (购置房子) 自立门户; 自行开业

  例：

  They married, and set up home in Atlanta.

  他们结了婚，在亚特兰大安了家。

• 7. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you are set up by someone, they make it seem that you have done something wrong when you have not. 陷害; 诬陷 [非正式]

  例：

  He claimed yesterday that he had been set up after drugs were discovered at his home.

  家中被查出毒品后，他昨天声称是遭人陷害。

• 8. 

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