set off
- 1．抵消：通过对债务或索赔进行抵消来减少或清偿债务；
- · The company used the money from the settlement to set off their outstanding debts.
- 公司利用和解款项来抵消他们的未偿债务。
- 2．装饰、补偿或抵消债务的权利等：与另一物相对立的东西。
- · The beautiful artwork on the wall is a perfect set off to the plain furniture.
- 墙上的精美艺术品是平淡家具的完美装饰。
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set-off 抵销 ; 蹭脏 ; 对销 ; 抵消
Equitable set-off 衡平抵销 ; 对等抵偿
set off for the USA 动身去美国 ; 出发去美国 ; 解缆去美国 ; 去美国
anti-set-off agent 防沾脏剂 ; 防沾净剂
set off for 赛跑 ; 出发 ; 开始 ; 动身去
set-off box 置模箱 ; 翻译
set-off bench 支台 ; 置模台 ; 翻译 ; 上箱搁置台
set-off of the property tax 豁免物业税 ; 宽免物业税
right of set-off 抵销权
set off [ ,set 'ɔf ]
- n. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- v.
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
set off ( setting, sets )
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PHRASAL VERB When you set off, you start a journey. 启程; 出发
例：Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
尼科尔斯启程前往他位于康涅狄格州的偏远农舍。
例：The president's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.
总统特使再次踏上外交之旅。
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PHRASAL VERB 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. 引爆 (炸弹); 触发 (警报)
例：Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm.
逃跑一旦被侦察到，就会触发警报。
例：Someone set off a fire extinguisher.
有人打开了灭火器。
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PHRASAL VERB If something sets off an event or a series of events, it causes it to start happening. 引发; 激起
例：The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
赈济货车一到达，便引发了村民争抢救援物资的小规模骚乱。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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And as they set off across the wild country of west Texas, their mother and father could hardly hear a thing.
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If I could just ask if the people can fix the video, it's just a little bit set off to the left here.
如果我能要求能定格一下的话，它是从左边这儿开始的。
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So they started off. They wanted to have-- They set up peace talks where a representative of the Eagle and a representative of the Rattler were set to meet and plan ways so that they could disarm and stop using cuss words and everything like that.
然后他们开始了，他们想…,他们进行和谈,老鹰队的代表,和响尾蛇队的代表,安排见面，制定方法,从而解除武装，不再说脏话,诸如此类的目标。
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