英语词汇“set off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD FAMILY

set off: sets off, setting off

USAGE EXAMPLES

The infection sets off a cascade of events that ramps up inflammatory and immune response, Powers says.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

He waited for them to crowd around the vehicle and then set off the bomb.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

Saturday’s collapse set off large waves that eroded part of the older sea cliff and lava viewing area.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

1v direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

I set off these words by brackets

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bring out

pick up

lift out or reflect from a background

foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

raise

bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project

accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress

to stress, single out as important

2v set in motion or cause to begin

Hyper

begin, commence, lead off, start

set in motion, cause to start

3v put in motion or move to act

Syn|Hyper

activate, actuate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip

initiate, pioneer

take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

4v provoke or stir up

set off great unrest among the people

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

incite, instigate, stir up

raise

activate or stir up

provoke, stimulate

provide the needed stimulus for

5v cause to burst with a violent release of energy

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

blow up, detonate, explode

fulminate

cause to explode violently and with loud noise

dynamite

blow up with dynamite

change integrity

change in physical make-up

6v make up for

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

cancel, offset

counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralize

oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

override

counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)

balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize

bring into balance or equilibrium

7v leave

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off

lift off, take off

depart from the ground

roar off

leave

blaze, blaze out

move rapidly and as if blazing

sally forth, sally out

set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner

go away, go forth, leave

go away from a place

单词	set off
释义	set off (once / 391 pages) v WORD FAMILY set off: sets off, setting off USAGE EXAMPLES The infection sets off a cascade of events that ramps up inflammatory and immune response, Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He waited for them to crowd around the vehicle and then set off the bomb. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Saturday’s collapse set off large waves that eroded part of the older sea cliff and lava viewing area. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v direct attention to, as if by means of contrast I set off these words by brackets Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bring out pick up lift out or reflect from a background foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent raise bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress to stress, single out as important 2v set in motion or cause to begin Hyper begin, commence, lead off, start set in motion, cause to start 3v put in motion or move to act Syn\|Hyper activate, actuate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip initiate, pioneer take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of 4v provoke or stir up set off great unrest among the people Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper incite, instigate, stir up raise activate or stir up provoke, stimulate provide the needed stimulus for 5v cause to burst with a violent release of energy Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper blow up, detonate, explode fulminate cause to explode violently and with loud noise dynamite blow up with dynamite change integrity change in physical make-up 6v make up for Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper cancel, offset counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions override counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize bring into balance or equilibrium 7v leave Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off lift off, take off depart from the ground roar off leave blaze, blaze out move rapidly and as if blazing sally forth, sally out set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner go away, go forth, leave go away from a place
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