1、set off

動身;出發;啟程

Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.

尼科爾斯動身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻農舍了。

The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.

總統的使節開始了又一次外交之旅。

引爆(炸彈);觸發，拉響(警報等)

Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm.

一旦發現有泄漏，警報就會響起來。

Someone set off a fire extinguisher.

有人打開了滅火器。

引發;觸發;激起

The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.

救濟物資車的到來引發了小小的騷亂,村民們爭先恐后地想搶到一份援助物資。

If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.

如果他沒和妻子一塊兒出席宴會，便會招致各種猜測滿天飛。

2、make out

（勉強地）辨認出，看出，聽出

I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.

我只依稀看見一個高個的模糊身影穿過了矮樹叢。

She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though.

她覺著聽到了一個名字，卻又沒聽清。

把…弄清楚;理解;明白

I couldn't make it out at all.

我一頭霧水。

It is hard to make out what criteria are used.

很難弄清楚使用的是什么樣的標準。

力圖說成;努力證明

They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it.

他們正在努力證明我真的干過這件事。

I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be.

我覺得這件事并非像大家說的那么了不起。

(工作、生活)進展

Who is making out better right now?

現在誰的日子更好過呢？

Bob turned over to sleep again, wondering how Jupiter and Pete were making out.

鮑勃一面掛念著丘辟特和皮特的生活狀況，一面轉身又去睡了。