| 单词 | setting |
| 释义 | setting (setɪŋ ) Word forms: settings 1. countable noun A particular setting is a particular place or type of surroundings where something is or takes place. Rome is the perfect setting for romance. [+ for] Perth was the setting for the SNP's conference this year. The house is in a lovely setting in the Malvern hills. Synonyms: surroundings, site, location, set 2. countable noun A setting is one of the positions to which the controls of a device such as a cooker, stove, or heater can be adjusted. You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting. 3. countable noun A table setting is the complete set of equipment that one person needs to eat a meal, including knives, forks, spoons, and glasses. Collocations: idyllic setting Best known for being a tax haven, it is a treasure trove of historic buildings in idyllic settings. Times, Sunday Times (2007) You couldn't pick a more idyllic setting. The Sun (2015) The idyllic rural setting of the cover sets the tone. The Sun (2008) Only he can't settle down so when his old boss suddenly turns up and points out that his new place is the perfect setting for a safe house he leaps at the chance. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It's the perfect setting to relax in or explore the rural surroundings. The Sun (2011) Looking for the perfect setting to do a task usually leads to procrastination. Christianity Today (2000) I have worked in a rural setting along with many colleagues who can echo some of the tale. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In many rural settings, the idea that the pastor should be an economic " equal" is foreign. Christianity Today (2000) The rural setting was so relaxing. The Sun (2008) You can clearly see a strange ball of light to the right of the setting sun. The Sun The setting sun glints on their underwings and turns them bronze or even silver. Times, Sunday Times This example showed two stacks that had turned purple in the vivid light of a setting sun. Times, Sunday Times He suddenly noticed the vapour, which appeared tainted red by the setting sun. The Sun We stood by the lake with the setting sun reflecting in the water. Times, Sunday Times Why not set up money clubs that have nothing to do with investing, to let people in on the inside track in a social setting? Times, Sunday Times This seems to be perfectly fair to me and could work in a broader social setting, such as in place of marriage. Times, Sunday Times You could find that her doctor has recommended that she go out in a social setting to help her get better. Times, Sunday Times Like the best ethnographies, studies in microhistory should situate individual lives within a social setting. The Times Literary Supplement In a work of sustained and concentrated prose, the dystopian abstractedness of the social setting helps to sharpen the arguments it conveys. The Times Literary Supplement It's simple, homey and old-fashioned, but in the most spectacular setting. Times, Sunday Times Arrive by delightfully decorated boat to appreciate fully the spectacular setting. Times, Sunday Times A rocky hillside rises from behind the pool, making for a spectacular setting on a starry night. Times, Sunday Times Those looking for something larger in a spectacular setting can expect to pay a premium. Times, Sunday Times It's a spectacular setting, with only a smattering of guests. Times, Sunday Times They are informed, detailed, easy to read and an excellent demonstration of standard setting motoring journalism. The Sun Arbitrarily defined unit cells can be transformed to a standard setting and, from there, further reduced to a primitive smallest cell. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its main tools for achieving this are standard setting, certification and labeling of forest products. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The standard setting contains two parts (8 bars per part). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, the new laws provide for pollution research, standard setting, contaminated site cleanup, monitoring, and enforcement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The characters are tangy and the 1970s suburban setting provides an enjoyable ambience — lots of naff aspirational furnishings and soft-rock tunes — but there's a shortage of tension. Times, Sunday Times The dingy buildings and food stalls in a fake suburban setting provide cover for crazed criminals to jump out at you, sending screaming crowds fleeing down the road. The Sun Some of the last frontiers that we can think about restoring are these urban, suburban settings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whatever his eye fixed upon in his daily life re-emerged, exaggerated and aggrandised, in works that began to appear in metropolitan and suburban settings around the world. Times, Sunday Times Using transmitters, scientists found that populations increased faster in the suburban settings than in old growth forest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone in the group had trouble being themselves in the traditional setting. Christianity Today He helps us face the challenge of innovation in a traditional setting. Christianity Today That may be the key to this alliance: modernity in a traditional setting, traditional-seeming in any modern setting; nice, unextraordinary and almost weirdly normal. Times, Sunday Times The traditional setting brought dignity and a sense of historical gravitas to his tales of blacksmiths, mariners, couriers and colliers delivered in that oddly braying, archaic tone which folk demands. Times, Sunday Times The traditional musics accompanying are interpreted as in the traditional setting initial. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the first half, various characters have eccentric conversations in a friendly hospital in a rural, tropical setting. Times, Sunday Times Designed with a rainforest canopy above and clear springs below, all the family can experience this tropical setting. The Sun Worth listened carefully as the recruiter spent 30 minutes selling him on the idea of a free vacation in a tropical setting. Globe and Mail The tropical setting also led to the provision of a generous shaded concourse at ground level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The staircases leading up to the residential units have risers made of colorful ceramic tiles while occasional palm trees reminds us of the tropical setting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 New ventures, or those undertaken in an unfamiliar setting, free you of previous concerns or restrictions. Times, Sunday Times Instead of doing the minimum, consider these an invitation to experiment with new ideas or, perhaps, work in an unfamiliar setting or manner. Times, Sunday Times In the new, rather unfamiliar setting she strived to win new friends by turning her home into a cultural circle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not only have they been thrust into unfamiliar settings, they often experience amnesia. Christianity Today But you might also venture into unfamiliar settings. Times, Sunday Times I just thought it was a unique setting. Christianity Today It had not yet opened to the general public; curiosity alone would bring people to such a unique setting. Christianity Today A summer on camp staff may be that unique setting where your future comes a little more into focus. Christianity Today The organisation has a distinct culture - a unique setting with different rules, terms and behaviour patterns. Times, Sunday Times Walker played in the unique setting of a railway carriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fifty years ago tomorrow, the Beatles played a gig in the unlikely setting of a swimming baths in Leyton, east London. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It's a spectacular museum in a very unlikely setting, on a farm in a hamlet outside Fakenham. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Work options widen as you try selling skills in an unlikely setting. The Sun (2011) In an urban setting like New York, I can live my life. Times, Sunday Times (2015) His snapshots of Swedish eccentrics in spookily empty urban settings are almost too wilfully quirky for their own good. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Land in some urban settings is prohibitively expensive. Christianity Today (2000) Up to four user settings can be saved, for a truly personalised experience. Times, Sunday Times The social media firm said it found issues where user settings did not work 'as intended' and it 'shared certain data with trusted partners'. The Sun A developer can also use the dongle to store user settings or even a complete portable version of the application. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 User settings are stored centrally, so that the user can logon from any terminal and the session will use their previously-saved choices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It requires a constantly active online connection to work and it shows live data about items, transactions and user settings directly from the website. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 地点 Japanese: 環境 |
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