四级词汇真题强化训练_第6页

set about
1. 着手,开始(做)
He set about learning Chinese at age ten.
他在十岁时开始学中文。
She set about her housework straight after breakfast.
她早饭后立即着手料理家务。

set down
1. 记下
I have set down everything that happened.
我已将发生的每件事记了下来。

set out
1. 开始
He set out to paint the whole house but finished only the front part.
他开始着手粉刷整幢房子,可是只完成了前面的部分。

set up
1. 竖立;建造
2. 建立,创立
A new government was set up after the war.
新政府于战后成立。