重點講解：

1. to build sth or put sth somewhere

建起；設立；設置:

The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city.

警察在城外的路上設置了路障。

2. to make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use

安裝好,裝配好,調試好(設備或機器):

She set up her stereo in her bedroom.

她把立體聲音響裝在了臥室里。

3. to arrange for sth to happen

安排；策劃:

I've set up a meeting for Friday.

我已安排好在星期五開會。

4. to create sth or start it

創建；建立；開辦:

to set up a business

開辦公司

A fund will be set up for the dead men's families.

將為死者家屬設立一項基金。

5. to start a process or a series of events

引發；產生:

The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.

華爾街股價暴跌在全球股票市場上引起了連鎖反應。

6.set (yourself) 'up (as sb)

to start running a business

立業；開始從事:

She took out a bank loan and set up on her own.

她從銀行貸了一筆款,自己干起來了。

After leaving college, he set himself up as a freelance photographer.

大學畢業后,他干起了特約攝影師。

7.trigger sth (off)

to make sth happen suddenly發動；引起；觸發

Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.

堅果可以引起嚴重的過敏反應。