单词 | set against |
释义 | set againstSEE SYNONYMS FOR set against ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, preposition)to balance or compareto set a person's faults against his virtues to cause to be hostile or unfriendly to Words nearby set againstSesto San Giovanni, set, seta, set about, setaceous, set against, set an example, set apart, set a precedent, setaria, set-aside Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with set againstset against Be or cause someone to be opposed to, as in Civil wars often set brother against brother, or The police chief's critics were set against his officers. [Late 1200s] Also see dead set against. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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