set up是一個常用的詞組,用法比較靈活,現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.人們在他的家鄉為他豎起了一塊紀念碑。
2. set up有"排版"之意。如:
The manuscripts are already set up.手稿已經排好版。
3. set oneself up as sb.有"自認為、自稱為"之意。如:
I've never set myself up as a scholar.我從未自稱為學者。
4. set up有"建立、創立、成立"之意。如:
They will set up a new training center.他們要成立一個新的培訓中心。
5. set up有"張貼"之意。如:
They set up a notice on the wall.他們在墻上張貼了一張布告。
6. set up有"樹立(榜樣)"之意。如:
They set up an example to us.他們為我們樹立了榜樣。
7. set up有"提出"之意。如:
He set up a new theory at the conference.他在會上提出了一個新的理論。
8. set up有"引起、惹起(疾病)"之意。如:
The added sugar sets up a fermentation.加了糖引起了發酵。
9. set up有"請客喝(酒)、款待"之意。如:
Next Sunday I'll set Tom up to a meal.下周日我要請湯姆吃飯。
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。
11. set up有"形成、產生某物"之意。如:
The slum on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.華爾街金融滑坡產生世界股票市場的連鎖反應。
hang out: Spend one's free time in; also, loiter, pass time idly.
打發時間,閑逛,無目的的打發時間
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,不管發生什么情況,她都要在那里待下去。
特別要注意的一點就是:mind在這邊是可數名詞,make up their minds/make up my mind
還有一個就是要注意和另一個詞組的區別change one's mind改變某人的主意
mind在這邊是不可數名詞,change my mind/change their mind