| 单词 | set up |
| 释义 | set up 1. phrasal verb B1 If you set something up, you create or arrange it. The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Tell us when and why you started your business and how you went about setting it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] setting up uncountable noun B2 The British government announced the setting up of a special fund. [+ of] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you set up a temporary structure, you place it or build it somewhere. They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 200 peace activists are planning to set up a peace camp at the border. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb B2 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. Setting up the camera can be tricky. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] I set up the computer so that they could work from home. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb B2 If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area. The mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] He set himself up in business and became a successful agent. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE] Grandfather set them up in a liquor business. [V n P prep/adv] 5. phrasal verb B2 If you set up home or set up shop, you buy a house or business of your own and start living or working there. They married, and set up home in Ramsgate. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...20 businessmen hoping to set up shop in Japan. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb If something sets up something such as a process, it creates it or causes it to begin. The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube. [VERB PARTICLE noun] This can help you satisfy the craving without setting up problems later on. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 7. phrasal verb If something sets you up for something, it puts you in a good condition or position to deal with it, for example by making you feel healthy and energetic. I have my cornflakes and smell the fresh air and the grass and it sets me up for the day. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The win sets us up perfectly for the match in Belgium. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 8. phrasal verb If you are set up by someone, they make it seem that you have done something wrong when you have not. [informal] Both men deny any involvement and claim they were set up by the British secret service. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] Maybe Angelo tried to set us up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 9. See also set-up See full dictionary entry for set set-up also setup Word forms: set-ups 1. countable noun A particular set-up is a particular system or way of organizing something. [informal] It appears to be an idyllic domestic set-up. I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university. [+ of] 2. countable noun If you describe a situation as a set-up, you mean that people have planned it in order to deceive you or to make it look as if you have done something wrong. [informal] He was asked to pick somebody up and bring them to a party, not realizing it was a setup. 3. singular noun The set-up of computer hardware or software is the process of installing it and making it ready to use. [computing] The worst part of the set-up is the poor instruction manual. ... the setup program. Translations: Chinese: 体制 Japanese: セットアップ |
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