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她有一整套英式茶具来为下午的茶会泡茶。

set off "动身;使爆炸;使开始"。
They will set offOHYEas for Paris next week.下星期他们将动身去巴黎。
The country set off a hydrogen bomb successfully in 1957. 1957 年这个国家成功地爆炸了一颗氢弹。
If you can set him off talking on his pet dog, he'll go on all night. 如果你能让他开始谈论他的宠物狗,他就会整个晚上谈下去。
2. set about"开始;着手"
Once I realized what was wrong, I set about correcting it. 我一认识到错误马上就纠正。
3. set owww.souquanme.comut "出发;开始;陈述"
They will set out at dawn.他们将在拂晓出发。
Having made the plan, she set out to make the experiment. 计划制定好以后,她就着手进行试验。
The professor sets out his ideas clearly in his article. 在这篇文章中教授清楚地表明了自己的想法。
4.set up"创造;建立;创办"
The young man has just set up a new national record in high jump. 那个小伙子刚创造跳高全国记录。
It is difficult for us to set up a s搜趣网chool within a month. 我们在一个月内很难建立一所学校。
set构成的其它短语还有set an example to... 为......树立榜样;set a trap for OHYEas...为......设陷阱;set sail启航,等等。
此外,set 还可以作名词。a complete set of equipment成套设备。
5.set aside 放在一边，搁置；存蓄，留下。如：
My father set his research work aside for a year while he wrote some magazine articles to make more money.
为了多赚点钱，我爸爸搁下他的研究工作有一年，给一些杂志写文章。
My parents set aside a bit of money every month.
我的父母每个月都存点钱。

be
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准备做某事，说明还没去做，相当于打算/计划去做的事情
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friday.
这个工作计划于周五前完成。