set back

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To delay or obstruct. transitive
    — I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.
  2. To remove from or allow distance. transitive
    — Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
  3. To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. transitive
    — The statue was set back in a niche.
  4. To cost money. idiomatic,transitive
    — How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?
  5. To reverse, go backwards.
    — Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay.

词形变化

sets back present,singular,third-person setting back participle,present set back participle,past set back past
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