英语词汇“set someone/thing back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

set someone/thing back

1Delay or impede the progress of someone or something: this incident undoubtedly set back research...

If revolutionary new therapies are delayed or outlawed, we could be set back for years, if not decades.
However, just as the discovery of arsenic contamination undermined years of work to provide clean drinking water, crises such as the current floods demonstrate how easily such progress can be set back.
Do this and the progress of this city will be set back a generation!

Synonyms

delay, hold up, hold back, slow down, slow up, retard, put a brake on, check, decelerate;

hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, inhibit, interfere with, frustrate, thwart

British informal throw a spanner in the works of

North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of

archaic stay

2 informal (Of a purchase) cost someone a particular amount of money: that must have set you back a bit...

Everyone got to meet my cats, Marian got to show off her salad making talents, and all it set us back was the cost of some frozen hamburger patties and a few bottles of beer.
The average main course will set you back around £12, while the starters generally cost about £5-6.
To do the same with a combination system (where you don't have a tank to change), will set you back in the region of £1,000 plus the boiler cost.

Synonyms

cost

British informal knock back

See parent entry: set

单词	set someone/thing back
释义	set someone/thing back 1Delay or impede the progress of someone or something: this incident undoubtedly set back research... If revolutionary new therapies are delayed or outlawed, we could be set back for years, if not decades. However, just as the discovery of arsenic contamination undermined years of work to provide clean drinking water, crises such as the current floods demonstrate how easily such progress can be set back. Do this and the progress of this city will be set back a generation! Synonyms delay, hold up, hold back, slow down, slow up, retard, put a brake on, check, decelerate; hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper, inhibit, interfere with, frustrate, thwart British informal throw a spanner in the works of North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of archaic stay 2 informal (Of a purchase) cost someone a particular amount of money: that must have set you back a bit... Everyone got to meet my cats, Marian got to show off her salad making talents, and all it set us back was the cost of some frozen hamburger patties and a few bottles of beer. The average main course will set you back around £12, while the starters generally cost about £5-6. To do the same with a combination system (where you don't have a tank to change), will set you back in the region of £1,000 plus the boiler cost. Synonyms cost British informal knock back See parent entry: set
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