some phrases about "set" and "put"
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Idioms are some unique set phases and clauses used by people for a long time, which often has bright image. During the translation process, besides faithful to the original meaning of the idioms, the style of the original text will be maintain if the original image of idioms can translate vividly. Idioms are the brilliant pearl, which embody the people's wisdom and efforts and possess the national style and the special and distinctive local style. Since different regions have different cultures, Chinese-English idioms have their own features. Translators should narrow the gap as much as they can between two cultures. The thesis puts forward some efficient skills in translating Chinese-English idioms, which based on the definition, classification, characteristics of Chinese-English idioms.
多找几个人修改一下，错误会越来越少，没有人能保证自己的翻译完全正确，这是本人在自己的理解基础上翻译的，如果满意别忘了给分啊，呵呵
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set aboutTo begin or start:
开始：开始或出发：
set about solving the problem.
着手解决问题
set apart
To reserve for a specific use.
留出，拨出：留出以备专用
To make noticeable:
使引人注目：
character traits that set her apart.
使她引人注目的个性
set aside
To separate and reserve for a special purpose.
留出，拨出：分开或留出以备专用
To discard or reject.
抛弃，放弃
To declare invalid; annul or overrule:
废除：声明无用、取消或否决：
The court has set aside the conviction.
法庭宣告无罪
set at
To attack or assail:
打击或袭击：
The dogs set at the fox.
狗群冲向狐狸
set back
To slow down the progress of; hinder.
阻止：减慢进程；妨碍
Informal To cost:
【非正式用语】 花费：
That coat set me back $1,000.
那件衣服花了我1,000美元
set by
To reserve for future use:
保留为将来之用：
It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency.
为将来紧急情况贮备食物和钱是明智的
set down
To cause to sit; seat:
坐：使坐；坐下：
Set the baby down here.
让小孩坐这儿
To put in writing; record:
记录：写下；记录：
We set down the facts.
我们记下事实
To regard; consider:
认为；看作：
Just set him down as a sneak.
当他是个阴险的人
To assign to a cause; attribute:
把…归于：由…引起；把…归于：
Let's set the error down to inexperience.
让我们把错误归于没有经验
To land (an aircraft):
着陆：（飞机）着陆：
The pilot set the plane down hard.
飞行员艰难地使飞机着陆
set forth
To present for consideration; propose:
提出：提出想法；建议：
set forth a sound plan.
提出一个合理的计划
To express in words:
表达：用语言表达：
She has set forth her ideas.
她已经表达出了想法
set forward
To begin a journey.
开始旅程
set in
To insert:
插入：
set in the sleeve of a gown.
插入礼服袖子中
To begin to happen or be apparent:
开始：开始发生或出现：
“Evening was setting in as I took the road over Mountain Top”(Charles Siebert)
“当我行于山顶公路时夜幕降临”(查尔斯·谢伯特)
To move toward the shore. Used of wind or water.
（风）水向岸（吹）流：移向岸边。用于风和水
set off
To give rise to; cause to occur:
发生：引起；导致发生：
set off a chemical reaction.
发生化学反应
To cause to explode:
爆炸：引起爆炸：
set off a bomb.
炸弹爆炸
To indicate as being different; distinguish:
区分：指出不同；区分：
features setting him off from the crowd.
使他与人群分开的特征
To direct attention to by contrast; accentuate:
强调： 通过对比引起注意；强调：
set off a passage with italics.
用斜体字强调一段
To start on a journey:
开始旅程：
set off for Europe.
开始欧洲之旅
set out
To begin an earnest attempt; undertake:
着手：开始一个热切的计划；着手：
He set out to understand why the plan had failed.
他开始明白为什么计划失败了
To lay out systematically and graphically:
生动形象地摆出：
set out a terrace.
画出地形
To display for exhibition or sale.
展览：为展览或出售而摆设
To plant:
种：
set out seedlings.
种小树
To start a journey:
开始旅程：
She set out at dawn for town.
她日出时出发去镇上
set to
To begin working energetically; start in.
开始干起来：热忱地开始工作；开始
To begin fighting.
开始战斗
set up
To place in an upright position.
直立：放于竖直位置
To elevate; raise.
抬起；上升
To raise in authority or power; invest with power:
使掌权：提高权威或权力；赋与权力：
They set the general up as a dictator.
他们赋与将军指挥者的权力
To put (oneself) forward as; claim to be:
自称：推举（自己）；声称是：
He has set himself up as an authority on the English language.
他自称是英语专家
To assemble and erect:
组装：集合并装配：
set up a new machine.
组装一台新机器
To establish; found:
建立：
set up a charity.
建立一家慈善机构
To cause:
引起，使产生：
They set up howls of protest over new taxes.
他们发起反对新税的吼声
To establish in business by providing capital, equipment, or other backing.
开始经商：通过提供资本、设备或其它支持而建立企业
Informal
【非正式用语】
To treat (someone) to drinks.
招待（某人）饮料
To pay for (drinks).
为（饮料）付账
Informal To stimulate or exhilarate:
【非正式用语】 刺激或鼓励：
a victory that really set the team up.
胜利鼓舞了球队
To lay plans for:
计划：制定计划：
set up a kidnapping.
策划绑架
Informal To put (someone else) into a compromising situation by deceit or trickery:
【非正式用语】 哄骗：通过欺骗使（他人）妥协：
Swindlers have set me up.
骗子骗了我
set upon
To attack violently:
强烈打击：
Guards set dogs upon the escaping prisoners.
守卫让狗攻击逃犯
set fire to
To cause to ignite and burn.
纵火：点燃或使燃烧
set foot in
To enter.
进入
set foot on
To step on.
走在
set in motion
To give impetus to:
给予刺激：
The indictment set the judicial process in motion.
控诉加快了裁决过程
set (one's) heart on
To be determined to do something.
决心做某事
set (one's) sights on
To have as a goal:
定目标：
She set her sights on medical school.
她想上医学院
set on fire
To cause to ignite and burn.
纵火：引起点火或燃烧
To cause to become excited:
使兴奋：
The music set the audience on fire.
音乐使听众兴奋
set sail【航海】
To begin a voyage on water.
起航：扬帆开始在水上航行
set (someone) straight
To correct (someone) by providing full and accurate information.
纠正：通过提供充实而正确的信息纠正（某人）
set store by
To regard as valuable or worthwhile.
认为有价值或值得
set the pace
To go at a speed that other competitors attempt to match or surpass.
领先：以其它竞争者企图赶上或超过的速度前进
To behave or perform in a way that others try to emulate.
做榜样：以其它人企图超越的方式行动或做事
set the stage for
To provide the underlying basis for:
提供基础：
saber rattling that set the stage for war.
为战争提供基础的作响的军刀
set up housekeeping
To establish a household.
成家：建立家庭
set up shop
put about 【航海】
To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
使…转向：改变方向或使…改变方向；从一个航向转到另一个航向或使从一个航向转到另一个航向
put across
To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily:
使被理解：陈述以使被清楚地理解或迅速地接受：
tried to put her views across during the hearing.
在听讼过程中试图使她的观点能被清楚地理解
To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.
搞成：用欺骗或计谋完成或贯彻
put away
To renounce; discard:
抛弃；舍弃：
put all negative thoughts away.
抛弃所有消极的思想
Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly:
【非正式用语】 吃掉，喝掉：乐意并很快地吃光或喝光（食物或饮料）：
put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
就在几分钟内吃光了晚餐
Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
【非正式用语】 关进精神病医院
Informal To kill:
【非正式用语】 杀：
The injured cat was put away.
这个受伤的猫被杀死了
To bury.
埋葬
put by
To save for later use:
储存…备用：节约以供后来的使用：
My grandmother puts by her fresh vegetables.
我的祖母把她的新鲜蔬菜搁在一边存下来
put down
To write down.
写下来
To enter in a list.
记入名单
To bring to an end; repress:
结束；抑制：
put down a rebellion.
镇压了一起暴乱
To render ineffective:
制止，取缔：使变得不起作用：
put down rumors.
制止流言
To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
使（动物）无痛苦的死亡
Slang
【俚语】
To criticize:
批评：
Her parents put her down for failing the course.
她的父母因为她考试不及格而批评她
To belittle; disparage:
轻视；蔑视：
He tried to put down her knowledge of literature.
他试图贬低她的文学知识
To humiliate:
羞辱，使丢脸：
“Many status games seem designed to put down others”(Alvin F. Poussaint)
“许多权位竞争好象是为战胜别人而设计的”(阿尔文F.普森特)
To assign to a category:
把…归入某一类别：
Just put him down as a sneak.
他被归入鬼鬼祟祟的那一类人
To attribute:
归因于…：
Let's put this disaster down to experience.
让我们把这次灾难归因于经验不足
To consume (food or drink) readily; put away:
吃光，喝光：很容易地吃光或喝光（食物或饮料）；吃光：
puts down three big meals a day.
一天吃掉三顿大餐
put forth
To grow:
生长：
Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
植物在春天里开始新的生长
To bring to bear; exert:
表现；发挥：
At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
当你擦地板时至少能表现出努力的样子
To offer for consideration:
提出：提出以供考虑：
put forth an idea.
提出一个想法
put forward
To propose for consideration:
提出：提议以供考虑：
put forward a new plan.
提出一个新计划
put in
To make a formal offer of:
提交：提出…的正式提议：
put in a plea of guilty.
正式提出犯罪诉讼
To interpose:
插入，插话：
He put in a good word for me.
他插进来为我说了一句好话
To spend (time) at a location or job:
花时间：在某一场所或工作上花费（时间）：
The inmate had put in six years at hard labor. She put in eight hours behind a desk.
犯人已经做了六年的苦工。她在花了八小时办公
To plant:
种植：
We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
我们种植了20排松树
Nautical To enter a port or harbor:
【航海】 进港：进入口岸或港口：
The freighter puts in at noon.
货轮中午时进入港口
put off
To delay; postpone:
耽误；延期：
put off paying the bills.
拖延付清帐单
To persuade to delay further action:
设法使…等待：劝说使…拖延下步行动：
managed to put off the creditors for another week.
设法说服债主晚一个星期再来
To take off; discard:
脱下；丢弃：
put off a sweater.
脱下毛衣
To repel or repulse, as from bad manners:
使厌恶：使厌恶；使反感，如由于不礼貌：
His indifferent attitude has put us off.
他的冷淡态度使我们对他很反感
To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.
使用假钞或卖假货
put on
To clothe oneself with; don:
穿衣服；穿上：
put on a coat; put socks on.
穿上外衣；穿上袜子
To apply; activate:
运用；使活动：
put on the brakes.
刹闸
To assume affectedly:
假装：
put on an English accent.
假装带有英国口音
Slang To tease or mislead (another):
【俚语】 戏弄：戏弄或使（别人）误入歧途：
You're putting me on!
你在开我的玩笑
To add:
增加：
put on weight.
增加体重
To produce; perform:
产生；履行：
put on a variety show.
举行一次杂耍演出
put out
To extinguish:
熄灭：
put out a fire.
扑灭一场大火
Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
【航海】 出航：离开，如口岸或港口；出发
To expel:
逐出：
put out a drunk.
赶走醉汉
To publish:
出版：
put out a weekly newsletter.
发行时事周刊
To inconvenience:
不方便：
Did our early arrival put you out?
我们提早到达是不是使您很不方便?
To offend or irritate:
触犯或激怒：
I was put out by his attention to the television set.
我被他对电视节目的关注激怒了
Baseball To retire a runner.
【棒球】 使跑垒者出局
Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.
【粗俗用语】 【俚语】 性生活上频繁，尤其用于妇女
put over
To postpone; delay.
延期；耽误
To put across, especially to deceive:
做成：使承认，尤其是为了欺骗时：
tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.
试图用谎言瞒过去，但没有成功
put through
To bring to a successful end:
做成：达到成功的终点：
put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
按时完成了项目；通过许多新法律
To cause to undergo:
使…从事、遭遇：
He put me through a lot of trouble.
他使我遇到许多麻烦
To make a telephone connection for:
接通电话线：
The operator put me through on the office line.
接线生给我接通了办公室的电话
To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
接通（电话）
put to 【航海】
To head for shore.
驶向岸边
put together
To construct; create:
建造；创造：
put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.
做一个新书橱；整理出一叠报税单
put up
To erect; build.
建立；建造
To preserve; can:
保存；把…装罐：
put up six jars of jam.
做六罐果酱
To nominate:
提名：
put up a candidate at a convention.
在会议上对一个候选人进行提名
To provide (funds) in advance:
提供：提前提供（资金）：
put up money for the new musical.
为这个新音乐剧提前筹备资金
To provide lodgings for:
为…提供食宿：
put a friend up for the night.
留宿朋友过夜
Sports To startle (game animals) from cover:
【体育运动】 惊起：被惊出隐藏处的用来狩猎的动物：
put up grouse.
赶出松鸡
To offer for sale:
拿去卖：
put up his antiques.
拍卖他的古董
To make a display or the appearance of:
炫耀或显示…：
put up a bluff.
故弄玄虚
To engage in; carry on:
进行：使从事于；继续进行：
put up a good fight.
展开一场激烈的争斗
put upon
To impose on; overburden:
强加于；使…负担过重：
He was always being put upon by his friends.
他总是受朋友的欺负
put down roots
To establish a permanent residence in a locale.
扎根于：在某地建立永久的住所
put it to (someone)【俚语】
To overburden with tasks or work.
担负过重的任务或工作
To put blame on.
责备
To take unfair advantage of.
不公平地利用…
To lay out the facts of a situation to (another) in a forceful, candid manner.
直率地摆明情况：以一种强有力的、直率的态度向（另外的人）摆出形势的实际情况
put (one) in mind
To remind:
想起：
You put me in mind of your grandmother.
你使我想起你的祖母
put (one's) finger on
To identify:
认出，识别：
I can't put my finger on the person in that photograph.
我认不出照片中的那个人
put (one's) foot down
To take a firm stand.
采取坚定的立场
put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
To make a tactless remark.
做不得体的评论
put paid to【多用于英国】
To finish off; put to rest:
结束；使…休息：
“We've given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one”(Margaret Atwood)
“我们已经放弃说我们只是尽力地吃；卡夫晚餐和冻干的食物已经使我们停止了”(玛格丽特·阿特伍德)
put (someone) through (someone's) paces
To cause to demonstrate ability or skill; test:
使…表现能力或技术；考验：
The drama coach put her students through their paces before the first performance.
这位戏剧老师要她的学生们表演前接受考查
put (someone) up to
To cause to commit a funny, mischievous, or malicious act:
作恶作剧：使（某人）做出滑稽的、恶作剧的或恶毒的行为：
My older brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.
我大哥让我打了一个恶作剧的电话
put the arm on 或
put the bite on 或
put the squeeze on 【俚语】
To ask another for money.
向别人要钱
put the finger on【俚语】
To inform on:
告发：
The witness put the finger on the killer.
目击者告发了谋杀者
put the make on【俚语】
To make sexual advances to.
取得性生活的进展
put the screws to 或
put the screws on 【俚语】
To pressure (another) in an extreme manner.
强制性压力：以一种极端的态度对别人施加压力
put the skids on【俚语】
To bring to a halt:
停止：
“Sacrificing free speech to put the skids on prurient printed matter is not the correct path, the courts said”(Curtis J. Sitomer)
“法庭认为，将自由言论牺牲来停止已印出的好色事件不是正确的道路”(柯蒂斯J.锡托莫)
put to bed【非正式用语】
To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).
印刷前最后准备：为（例如报纸）的印刷而做最后的准备
To make final preparations for completing (a project).
最后准备：为完成（一个项目）而做最后的准备
put to it
To cause extreme difficulty for:
造成极大的困难：
We were put to it to finish the book on time.
我们很难按时读完这本书
put two and two together
To draw the proper conclusions from existing evidence or indications.
得出结论：从现存的证据或迹象中得出合适的结论
put up or shut up【俚语】
To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.
要就辩护要就闭嘴：不得不毫无怨言地忍受（不愉快的事情）或采取必要的行动来转移不愉快事件的根源
put up with
To endure without complaint:
忍受：毫无怨言地忍受：
We had to put up with the inconvenience.
我们不得不忍受不便之处
you can try to get a dictionary,then set out to have a good look of "set"and "put",then you will find most of the phrases you want to get!
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宇疯前列： 有的.国人常用错误 SO+形容词.其实SO 要接个THAT 解释为:XX以至于..例如你的 SO NICE:My mood is so nice that I want to use some phrases 我的心情如此的好以至于我想用些短语.能理解么?就是SO 要加 THAT 才是完整的句子.希望帮到你
美姑县13551824538： 短语和词组到底是不是一回事?？
宇疯前列： A:《英语语法大全》里认为有很大的区别 引文1: 短语的作用和一个词相似的一组词(多数由两个以上的词组成)可称作短语.起名词作用的短语称为名词短语;起形容词作用的短语称为形容词短语;起副词作用的短语可称为副词短语;由此...
美姑县13551824538： 英语作文题目《My class mates》介绍同学们在干什麽 现在进行时 初1水平 - ？
宇疯前列： This class we are having an English lesson. Look, my classmates are talking about the new lessons. Li Ping, our monitor is writing some phrases on the blackboard. The captains of each group are writing something down on their notebooks. The teacher is giving the students some advice. They are all working hard.
美姑县13551824538： 大概在四点 吃清淡点 英语短语 怎么说 - ？
宇疯前列： Around 4 o'clock.Have some light food.
美姑县13551824538： 关于“你有一台电脑想要卖掉”的英语作文怎么写? - ？
宇疯前列： 1、 Firstly, you should clearly know what you are going to write and the focus on you topic and then make an outline. 首先,你应该清楚的知道你要写什么然后专注于你的主题并列出提纲. 2、Secondly, pay attention to the spelling and grammar. ...
美姑县13551824538： phrases是什么意思 - ？
宇疯前列： phrases 短语 双语对照词典结果: phrases n.短语( phrase的名词复数 ); 成语; 说法; 乐句; 例句: 1. Each of those italicized phrases is critical. 用斜体字标明的短语非常关键. 2. Start with simple, clear and formal sentences and phrases. 以简单、明了、正式的句子、短语开篇.
美姑县13551824538： 如何写游记 英文 - ？
宇疯前列： 一般是过去式语态,尽量少长句,多短句.用一些表示时间的短语,还有一些连接词等.多读一些游记类的英文著作Generally speaking, it is the past tense voice, with as few long sentences as possible and short sentences as much as possible. use ...
美姑县13551824538： 表示很忙的英语习语怎么说 - ？
宇疯前列： I am very busy
