2014高考英语高频动词复习：set短语

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　　set短语：

　　set about (doing) sth 着手，开始 set aside 留出，搁/放在一边

　　set down 放下，记下 set off 出发，起程，引起爆炸，激起，引起 set out (for…) 出发往(……)，动身去(……)

　　set out to do 开始做，着手做 set up 创立，设立，开办，竖起，支起 set /give a (good) example to… 为……树立(好)榜样

　　set a goal 设定目标 set fire to sth = set sth on fire 纵火，放火烧 set foot on / in… 踏上……，到达，进入 set one’s mind to do sth 一心想做

　　set sail for 起航去…… set sail from 从……起航

　　set sb a good example in … 在……为某人树立榜样

　　set sb free 释放某人，解放某人

　　例如：

　　As soon as she arrived, she set about tidying up(整理)the room.

　　Try to set aside some time each day for exercise.

　　They’ve set off on a trip round the world.

　　Together the four men set out to look for the lost animal.

　　He set out to write a history of civilization(文明).

　　We’ll certainly set up a complete modern industrial system.

　　A few scarecrows(稻草人)were set up in the field.

　　Let’s set up the tent first, and build the fire later.

　　The police are trying to find out who set fire to the building last night.

　　He was set free after three years in prison.

　　Comrade Lei Feng set a good example to us all.