PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back or sets back a project or plan, it causes a delay. 延误; 推迟
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
我们在很多方面都被延误了,不知道需要多久才能赶上。
PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money. 使花费 [非正式]
A bottle of imported beer will set you back $7.
一瓶进口啤酒将花费你$7。
→ see also setback
The bad weather set back the building programme by several weeks.
天气恶劣,建筑计划延误了几个星期。
This organization warns this progress could be set back if measures are not taken to reverse the rise in obesity among young people.
该机构提醒,如果不采取措施逆转年轻人中不断增加的肥胖情况,这种进展可能会倒退。
Clinton's India visit, which began late Friday in Mumbai, has been filled with reminders of the Pakistani-based terrorist attacks on that city last November that killed 166 people and set back relations between the two South Asian powers.
VOA: standard.2009.07.20
- Come back. The last set of studies-- ? Have you talked about Schacter, Singer's "Emotions"?
回来,最后一项研究-,你们是否谈论过沙各特和辛格的“情绪现象“吗?
We set up--this is not a new idea, this goes back to China thousands of years ago, but it started to be widely done-- So you had a Civil Service exam that established your competence.
我们建立了,这不是什么新主意,可以追溯到几千年前的中国,但这次开始广泛地实施开来-,你得参加公务员考试来考核你的能力。
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