set off
- 动身，出发，启程;引发，激起;引爆（炸弹）;衬托，使显得更漂亮;触发，拉响（警报等）;使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈
set offset off
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PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程
When you set off, you start a journey.Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut...
尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。
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PHRASAL VERB 引爆(炸弹);触发，拉响(警报等)
If something sets off something such as an alarm or a bomb, it makes it start working so that, for example, the alarm rings or the bomb explodes.Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm...
一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。
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PHRASAL VERB 引发;触发;激起
If something sets off an event or a series of events, it causes it to start happening.The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid...
救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱,村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。
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PHRASAL VERB 使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈
If something sets a person off, it makes them angry, or makes them remember something and they start talking a lot.The smallest thing sets him off, and he can't stop talking about his childhood.
一件微不足道的小事都能打开他的话匣子，他会滔滔不绝地讲述他的童年。
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PHRASAL VERB 衬托;(通常指通过对比)使显得更漂亮
If one colour, flavour, or object sets off another, it makes it look more attractive, often by providing a contrast.Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair.
蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。
verb
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- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
- Synonym: explode detonate blow up
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- set in motion or cause to begin
- The guide set the tour off to a good start
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- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- This dress accentuates your nice figure!
- I set off these words by brackets
- Synonym: bring out
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- provoke or stir up
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- Synonym: incite instigate stir up
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- put in motion or move to act
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
- Synonym: trip actuate trigger activate spark off spark trigger off touch off
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- leave
- The family took off for Florida
- Synonym: depart part start start out set forth set out take off
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- make up for
- His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
- Synonym: cancel offset
数据来源：WordNet
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I set off for the valley , trusting to luck
我动身去山谷了，一切全凭运气。
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Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut
尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。
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It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets .
这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。
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The sun was already up when they set off .
他们出发时太阳已经升起了。
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Who set off the fire alarm ?
谁拉响了火警报警器？
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It was raining hard when we set off .
我们出发时正下着大雨。
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We set off at a smart pace .
我们快步出发了。
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We set off at a cracking pace .
我们迅速地出发了。
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They set off into the country 's uncharted interior .
他们出发前往这个国家人迹罕至的内陆。
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She shouldered her bag and set off home .
她扛起包朝家走去。
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The sooner we set off , the sooner we will arrive .
我们走得越早就到得越早。
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They set off at a leisurely pace .
他们步态悠闲地出发了。
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He set off in quest of adventure .
他出行探险去了。
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The horse set off at a spanking pace .
那匹马一溜烟飞奔而去。
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They were going to set off in the fog , but were dissuaded .
他们原打算在雾中出发，但被劝阻了。
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The runners set off at a blistering pace .
赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
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She set off at a canter .
她骑着马慢跑出发。
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We set off at a smartish pace .
我们快步出发了。
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He set off with a loping stride .
他迈着轻快的步伐出发了。
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He set off jauntily , whistling to himself .
他吹着口哨神气活现地出发了。
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They set off at a jog up one street and down another
他们开始沿着一条又一条的街道慢跑。
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We set off once more , over a rough mountain track .
我们沿着一条崎岖的山间小路再度出发。
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She gave a hurried wave and set off across the grass
她匆匆地挥了挥手便穿过草地离开了。
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Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track .
安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。
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I set off , full of optimism .
我无比乐观地出发了。
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Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home
她动身离开父母家时父母和她吻别。
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The Japanese visitors set off in search of Bront ë country .
那些日本游客启程去寻找布龙泰地区。
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I set off for a new adventure in the United States on the first day of the new year .
新年第一天，我在美国开始了一次新的冒险。
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The President 's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip
总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。
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So we set off again , cursing the delay , towards the west
于是，我们一面抱怨延误了时间，一面又朝西出发了。