Set to
开始认真干, 开始大吃, 争吵起来
📖 牛津释义
set to
(a) begin doing sth energetically 精力充沛地开始做某事
The engineers set to on repair work to the bridge. 工程师奋力进行修桥工作.
If we really set to we can get the whole house cleaned in an afternoon. 我们要是认真干, 一个下午就能把房子打扫乾净.
(b) begin to fight or argue 开始打斗或争吵
The boys set to and had to be separated by a teacher. 那些男生大打出手, 来个老师才把他们拉开.
🧩 词语组成解析
set
[sɛt]
vt. 放置，安置;使处于某种状况;设置;摆放餐具;
vi. 落山;出发;凝结;
n. 一套，一副;集合;布景;电视机;
adj. 固定的;位于…的;顽固的;安排好的;
to
[tu,tə]
prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于;
adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;
🗣️ 情景例句
I'll save your Dad the trouble; I'll pick her up.
不麻烦你爸了，我去接她吧。
Can you picture yourself on a boat, on a river?
你能想象你自己泛舟河上的情景吗？
At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable,
当时，这艘轮船不仅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，而且也被认为是不会沉没的。