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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

set up
  1. 1. vt. [+organization] [ service] (start) 设立
  2. 2. vt. [+tent] (erect) 搭
  3. 3. vt. [+roadblock] 设置
  4. 4. vi. (in business) 成立
    to set o.s. up
    开业
    to set up shop/home
    开店/定居

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

set up
  1. 1. 自称自命自诩
    Greenpeace set themselves up for serious problems in future.
    绿色和平组织表明以后严峻问题
  2. 2. 安排准备
    You should set up a local football competition to meet local players.
    你应举办一场当地足球比赛,来结识当地的球员
  3. 3. 整理排列布置
  4. 4. 安顿安置,使立足
  5. 5. 建造,建起
  6. 6. 控制操控操纵
  7. 7. 使恢复
  8. 8. [Navigation] 装配配备
  9. 9. 扎起,搭起
  10. 10. 使产生引起导致
  11. 11. (使)开始启动
  12. 12. [Slang] 陷害,使……落入圈套
    The defendant claimed he was set up by the police.
    该被告声称,他是被警察陷害的。
  13. 13. 作好准备准备
  14. 14. 策划筹划
    They recently set up a CD recycling program for customers.
    最近他们顾客准备一个CD回收方案
  15. 15. 安装设置
    We have set up a special toll-free telephone number to assist donors.
    我们申请一个特殊的免费电话号码帮助捐赠者
  16. 16. 集合组合拼凑
  17. 17. 建立创立成立
    She will help you set up a new group.
    她会帮你成立一个新集团。
    Doctors have carefully set up a daily regime to restore his health.
    医生们已小心建立一个日常机制,使他恢复健康

Collins English-English Dictionary

set up
  1. 1. vb [adverb, mainly tr] [also intr] to put into a position of power, etc
  2. 2. vb [also intr] to begin or enable (someone) to begin (a new venture), as by acquiring or providing means, equipment, etc
  3. 3. vb to build or construct
    to set up a shed
  4. 4. vb to raise, cause, or produce
    to set up a wail
  5. 5. vb to advance or propose
    to set up a theory
  6. 6. vb to restore the health of
    the sea air will set you up again
  7. 7. vb to establish (a record)
  8. 8. vb [Spoken] to cause (a person) to be blamed, accused, etc
  9. 9. vb [Spoken] to provide (drinks, etc) for
    set 'em up, Joe!
  10. 10. vb to pay for the drinks of
    I'll set up the next round
  11. 11. vb another term for set
  12. 12. n [printing] [Spoken] the way in which anything is organized or arranged
  13. 13. n [Slang] an event the result of which is prearranged
    it's a setup
  14. 14. n a prepared arrangement of materials, machines, etc, for a job or undertaking
  15. 15. n a station at which a surveying instrument, esp a theodolite, is set up
  16. 16. n [films] the position of the camera, microphones, and performers at the beginning of a scene
  17. 17. adj physically well-built

Examples

Almost all the countries have set up some barriers to protect national industries.
几乎所有的国家都会通过设置贸易壁垒来保护国有工业。
Have you set up the alarm clock?
你定闹钟了吗?
Basic early warning systems are being set up in the affected areas.
受灾地区将会安装预警系统。
A special commission was immediately set up after the 911 terrorist attacks.
911恐怖袭击发生后,迅速成立了一个特别调查小组。
A new city has been set up in what was a wasteland fifteen years ago.
一座崭新的城市在五十年前还是一片荒芜的地方拔地而起。
The government decided to set up a waterguard branch.
政府决定组建一支水上巡逻队。
Wihelm Wundt set up the first psychological laboratory in 1879.
冯特1879年建立了第一个心理学实验室。

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