| 单词 | set up |
| 释义 | set up1. phrasal verb 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 itup. [VERB noun PARTICLE] setting up uncountable noun The British government announced the setting up of a special fund. [+ of] 2. phrasal verb 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)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. 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. 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] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]4. phrasal verb 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 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)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 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 forthe 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] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 9. See also set-up More Synonyms of set up See full dictionary entry for setset-up also setup Word forms: plural 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 wasa 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. set up in British Englishverb (adverb, mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to put (someone) into a position of power, etc 2. (also intr) to begin or enable (someone) to begin (a new venture), as by acquiring or providing means, equipment, etc 3. to build or construct to set up a shed 4. to raise, cause, or produce to set up a wail 5. to advance or propose to set up a theory 6. to restore the health of the sea air will set you up again 7. to establish (a record) 8. informal to cause (a person) to be blamed, accused, etc 9. informal a. to provide (drinks, etc) for set 'em up, Joe! b. to pay for (the drinks of) I'll set up the next round 10. printing another term for set1 (sense 12) noun setup, set-up 11. informal the way in which anything is organized or arranged 12. slang an event the result of which is prearranged it's a setup 13. a prepared arrangement of materials, machines, etc, for a job or undertaking 14. a station at which a surveying instrument, esp a theodolite, is set up 15. cinema the position of the camera, microphones, and performers at the beginning of a scene adjective set-up 16. physically well-built set-up in British English (ˈsetʌp) noun a variant form of set up (sense 11), set up (sense 12), set up (sense 13), set up (sense 14), set up (sense 15) set up in American English1. a. to place in an upright position b. to place in a high position c. to raise to power d. to raise e. to present (oneself) as being something specified f. to present (something) as exemplary 2. to put together or erect (a tent, machine, etc.) 3. to establish; found 4. to make detailed plans for 5. to begin 6. to provide with money, etc., as for a business; fit out 7. to cause to feel stimulated, exhilarated, etc. 8. to make successful, well-to-do, etc. 9. to advance or propose (a theory, etc.) 10. to cause 11. a. to put (drinks, etc.) before customers b. US to pay for (food, drinks, etc.) for (another or others) 12. US to put (someone) in a vulnerable situation or position Examples of 'set up' in a sentence |
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