单词 | set back |
释义 | Word Frequency set backverb (tr, adverb) 1. to hinder; impede 2. informal to cost (a person) a specified amount noun setback 3. anything that serves to hinder or impede 4. a reversal of recovery, as from illness, etc She was recovering well, but then she had a setback. 5. a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels 6. Also called: offset, setoff a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness |
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