set up是一個(gè)常用的詞組,用法比較靈活,現(xiàn)將其用法歸納舉例如下,讓你不必查詞典,一看便知其詞的用法。
1. set up有"豎起、升高、擺放"之意。如:
The persons set up a monument for him at his hometown.人們?cè)谒募亦l(xiāng)為他豎起了一塊紀(jì)念碑。
2. set up有"排版"之意。如:
The manuscripts are already set up.手稿已經(jīng)排好版。
3. set oneself up as sb.有"自認(rèn)為、自稱為"之意。如:
I've never set myself up as a scholar.我從未自稱為學(xué)者。
4. set up有"建立、創(chuàng)立、成立"之意。如:
They will set up a new training center.他們要成立一個(gè)新的培訓(xùn)中心。
5. set up有"張貼"之意。如:
They set up a notice on the wall.他們?cè)趬ι蠌堎N了一張布告。
6. set up有"樹(shù)立(榜樣)"之意。如:
They set up an example to us.他們?yōu)槲覀儤?shù)立了榜樣。
7. set up有"提出"之意。如:
He set up a new theory at the conference.他在會(huì)上提出了一個(gè)新的理論。
8. set up有"引起、惹起(疾病)"之意。如:
The added sugar sets up a fermentation.加了糖引起了發(fā)酵。
9. set up有"請(qǐng)客喝(酒)、款待"之意。如:
Next Sunday I'll set Tom up to a meal.下周日我要請(qǐng)湯姆吃飯。
10. set up有"裝置、安放"之意。如:
We've set up a printing press.我們已裝置了印刷機(jī)。
11. set up有"形成、產(chǎn)生某物"之意。如:
The slum on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.華爾街金融滑坡產(chǎn)生世界股票市場(chǎng)的連鎖反應(yīng)。
hang out: Spend one's free time in; also, loiter, pass time idly.
打發(fā)時(shí)間,閑逛,無(wú)目的的打發(fā)時(shí)間
hang out with somebody
和某人出去逛
hang out in Wall Street
在華爾街閑逛
make up one's mind 下定決心,打定主意,下定決心做某事,相當(dāng)于be determined to do sth
She made up mind that, come what may, she would stay there.
她下定決心,不管發(fā)生什么情況,她都要在那里待下去。
特別要注意的一點(diǎn)就是:mind在這邊是可數(shù)名詞,make up their minds/make up my mind
還有一個(gè)就是要注意和另一個(gè)詞組的區(qū)別change one's mind改變某人的主意
mind在這邊是不可數(shù)名詞,change my mind/change their mind