1·I set off for a new adventure in Alaska on the first day of the new year.
我在新年第一天出发去阿拉斯加进行一次新的冒险。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·They set off at a leisurely pace.
他们步态悠闲地出发了。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·We finished loading and set off.
我们装完货物就出发了。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·Top the oil up before you set off.
出发前加满油。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·We set off at a smart pace.
我们快步出发了。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·For Brazil's big sugar companies the timing is perfect: the credit crunch set off a wave of consolidation in an industry that had been resistant to it.
巴西正值信贷紧缩，一向抵制联合的食糖行业不得不掀起了一波兼并浪潮，这对大型食糖企业来说，是个好机会。
2·But doing so would set off a string of compensation claims, which the courts are not yet equipped to assess.
然而这种做法会掀起一连串赔偿要求，而法院并未准备好评估。
3·In Zimbabwe in 2008 Robert Mugabe's sabotage of elections set off civil upheaval.
2008年在津巴布韦，罗伯特·穆加贝破坏了大选，掀起民间动乱。
4·This question set off a fierce debate.
就这个问题掀起了一场激烈的辩论。
5·Especially in the coastal city and the mainland market set off a hot investment in copper.
特别是沿海城市及内地市场掀起一场铜币投资热。
1·Her parents kissed her goodbye as she set off from their home.
当她动身离开家时，她的父母跟她吻别。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Not until we had dispensed with politeness and demanded to be taken to a "peasant graveyard" did ma reluctantly set off to the outskirts of his home town.
直到我们放弃了礼貌并要求带我们到一个“农民墓地”，马才不情愿的动身前往他家乡的郊区。
3·The boy gathered up his rod and the fish and set off up the street.
男孩收起他的鱼竿和那条鱼，动身沿着街走了。
4·Jon Huntsman, who has yet to declare formally, set off to tour New Hampshire.
还没正式表态的亨茨曼则动身去了新罕布什尔州度假。
5·After making a shorttest fight at 4:15 a . m, Bleriot set off half an hour later.
早上4点15分开始进行了短时间的试飞， % 半小时后布莱理奥特动身了。
1·In the universe, light and darkness are equal co-existence, the dark exists to serve the light, the light exists to set off love.
在宇宙中，光明与黑暗是共同与平等的存在，黑暗的存在是为了服务于光明，光明的存在是为了衬托爱。
2·I just like to be a bad person, or how to set off you this group of pure woman.
我就是喜欢当坏人了，不然怎么衬托你们这群装纯的女人。
3·Since the snow is white, then they set off the winter snow.
既然雪是白纸，那么雪便衬托着冬天。
4·In order to set off the romantic atmosphere, her flowered silk scarf was used as belt decoration at the ball.
为了衬托舞会上的浪漫气氛，她的印花丝巾被用作腰带装饰。
5·To increase your altitude or set off your dignified manner.
增加你的高度，衬托你的威仪。
1·These findings shocked the endocrinology community and set off a new wave of research.
这些研究结果轰动内分泌学界，引起新一波研究热潮。
2·The move set off a media firestorm, particularly in the blogosphere.
这一行动引起媒体热议，尤其是在博客圈。
3·The findings set off many people thinking.
这些发现引起许多人思索。
4·Dietary restriction seems to set off an ancient strategy written into all animal genomes, that when food is scarce resources should be switched to tissue maintenance from breeding.
饮食限制看来会引起一项早已被植入所有生物基因的古老本能：在食物缺乏的时候，养分会被优先供给于组织维护，而非细胞增殖。
5·In order for earthquakes to set off a volcano, the magma reservoir beneath the fiery mountains must be already primed to blow.
为了使地震能引起火山爆发，在火热的山体地下的岩浆必须能够流动。