| 单词 | set sb up |
| 释义 | (infml) (a) make sb healthier, stronger, more lively, etc 使某人更健康、 强壮、 活跃等: A hot drink will soon set you up. 你喝杯热饮料马上就精神了. * A week in the country will set her up nicely after her operation. 她手术後在郊外住上一个星期一定能复原. (b) provide sb with the money to start a business, buy a house, etc 使某人有钱创业、 买房子等: Her father set her up in business. 她父亲出钱帮她创业. * His father set him up as a bookseller. 他父亲资助他做了书商. * Winning all that money on the pools set her up for life. 她赢得足球普尔的那些彩金已够她一生花用不尽. set sth up (a) place sth in position; erect sth 摆放或竖起某物: set up a memorial, monument, statue, etc 竖起纪念物、 纪念碑、 塑像等 * Police set up road-blocks on routes leading out of the city. 警方在通往城外的路上设置了路障. (b) make (an apparatus, a machine, etc) ready for use 使（器械、 机器等）准备使用: How long will it take to set up the projector? 把这个放映机安放好需要多长时间? (C) establish or create sth 建立或开创某事物: The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse. 政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题. * A fund will be set up for the dead men's families. 抚恤死难工人家属的基金会即将建立起来. (d) establish (a record speed, time or distance in a sport) 创（体育）记录: She set up a new world record time in the 100 metres. 她创下了新的百米世界记录. (e) cause or produce sth 造成或产生某事物: The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world. 华尔街金融滑坡引起世界股票市场的连锁反应. (f) begin to make (the specified loud noise) 开始发出（很大的噪声）: set up a commotion, din, row, etc 发出骚乱声、 嘈杂声、 争吵声等 * The cats set up a frightful yowling when the dog appeared. 猫看到那条狗就都大声叫起来. set (oneself) up as sb establish oneself in business as (a shopkeeper, craftsman, etc) 当上（店主、 手艺人等）: He moved to Leeds and set up as a printer. 他搬到利兹干起了印刷业. set oneself up as sb regard oneself as or claim to be (the specified type of person) 将自己视为或称作（某种人）: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual. 他喜欢自命为知识分子. |
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