setback

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
    — After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.
  2. Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress. broadly
  3. The required distance between a structure and a road. US
  4. A step-like recession in a wall.
    — Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
  5. An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
    — Fuel savings from thermostat setbacks have long been accepted as fact, but little documentation existed to support it.
  6. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. archaic,possibly
  7. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. archaic

词形变化

setbacks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
turn a setback into a comeback

词源

Deverbal from set back. Compare drawback.
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