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to set sb/sth back
耽搁(擱)某人/某事 dānge mǒurén/mǒushì ⇒ Bad weather set us back by about three weeks. → 恶劣的天气耽搁了我们3个星期。 Èliè de tiānqì dāngēle wǒmen sān gè xīngqī.
to set sb back 5 pounds
( inf ) 花了某人5英镑(鎊) huāle mǒurén wǔ yīngbàng
a house set back from the road
远(遠)离(離)公路的一幢房子 yuǎnlí gōnglù de yī zhuàng fángzi
set up
( start : organization, service ) 设(設)立 shèlì
set out
( depart ) 出发(發) chūfā
set off
( depart )
set in
( winter, bad weather ) 到来(來) dàolái
set forth
( argument, case ) 陈(陳)述 chénshù
set down
( rules, guidelines ) 制定 zhìdìng
set aside
( money, time ) 留出 liúchū
set apart
使显(顯)得与(與)众(眾)不同 shǐ xiǎnde yǔ zhòng bù tóng
set against
set about
( embark on )

set back

1. phrasal verb
If something sets you back or sets back a project or scheme, it causes a delay.
It has set us back so far that I'm not sure if we can catch up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
There will be a risk of public protest that could set back reforms. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money.
[informal]
In 1981 dinner for two in New York would set you back £5. [V n P amount]
3.  See also setback
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set back in British English

verb (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

set back in American English

1. 
to put (a clock or its hands) to an earlier time, esp. to standard time
2. 
to reverse or hinder the progress of
3.  US, Slang
to cost (a person) a specified sum of money
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Examples of 'set back' in a sentence
set back

There will be a few others set back weeks after getting stuck into the ales.
The Sun (2013)
Four years ago he took a knock that could have set back many a weaker character.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Chinese translation of 'set back'

set back

vt

  1. (= cost)
    to set sb back 5 pounds (inf) 花了某人5英镑(鎊) (huāle mǒurén wǔ yīngbàng)
  2. (= delay)
    to set sb/sth back 耽搁(擱)某人/某事 (dānge mǒurén/mǒushì)
    ⇒ Bad weather set us back by about three weeks. 恶劣的天气耽搁了我们3个星期。 (Èliè de tiānqì dāngēle wǒmen sān gè xīngqī.)
  3. (= situate)
    a house set back from the road 远(遠)离(離)公路的一幢房子 (yuǎnlí gōnglù de yī zhuàng fángzi)
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Nearby words of
set back

  • set apart
  • set apart (from)
  • set aside
  • set back
  • set down
  • set forth
  • set in
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