英语释义

1. something that is set off against another thing:

2. decoration, ornament

3. compensation, counterbalance

4. the reduction or discharge of a debt or claim by setting against it a distinct claim in favor of the debtor or party who is the object of the first claim (as in a lawsuit) also the offsetting claim itself

5. offset sense 3b

6. to put in relief show up by contrast

7. adorn, embellish

8. to set apart make distinct or outstanding

9. offset, compensate
more variety in the Lancashire weather to set off its most disagreeable phases
— Geog. Jour.

10. to make a setoff of
the respective totals shall be set off against one another
— O. R. Hobson

11. to set in motion cause to begin

12. to cause to explode

13. to measure off on a surface

14. to start out on a course or a journey
set off for home

15. the reduction or discharge of a debt by setting against it a claim in favor of the debtor specifically the reduction or discharge of a party's debt or claim by an assertion of another claim arising out of another transaction or cause of action against the other party

16. a right to seek reduction or discharge of a debt or claim by countering a party's claim with an independent claim

17. a counterclaim made by a defendant against a plaintiff for reduction or discharge of a debt by reason of an independent debt owed by the plaintiff to the defendant — compare recoupment sense 2

18. to reduce or discharge by set-off offset

片语

mutual setting-off of debts互相抵帐

setting-off rod开关桿

setting off queue发送队列

Setting off Firecrackers放鞭炮

setting off one another掩映

mutual setting-off writing style映衬笔法

Setting Off A Blade掀起叶片

英汉例句

• neither mr obama nor mr putin wants to see iran emerge as a nuclear power, setting off a destabilising arms race in the middle east.

  不管是奥巴马还是普京都不希望看到伊朗变成一个核武力量，在中东发起一场不利于稳定的军备竞赛；

• one of two critical cooling systems aboard the international space station malfunctioned late on saturday, setting off alarms and triggering an extensive reduction in power.

  周六晚些时候，国际空间站上的两个关键冷却系统中的一个出现故障并引发警报，同时引起（空间站）大范围的电力供应下降。

• suddenly the broken aircraft lurched again, setting off a series of explosions from somewhere outside.

  突然，已经支离破碎的飞机又摇晃起来，机身外又发生了一连串爆炸。

• egevang was surprised to find that the birds often stop for a month in the open north atlantic ocean, probably to 「fuel up」 on fish and small crustaceans before setting off to cross the tropics.

  艾治汪惊奇地发现，燕鸥经常在北大西洋可以停留近一个月。 他推测燕鸥可能在这段时间捕捉一些鱼类和小型的甲壳类海洋生物，能量得到充足补充后再动身穿越热带地区。

• the recession of 2008-09 cut spanish advertising revenues by more than a third, according to some estimates, setting off a round of mergers and acquisitions.

  据统计，2008-09年经济衰退将西班牙的广告收入削减了三分之一之多，掀起了一轮兼并和收购。

• meanwhile hamas has redirected its energy inward, setting off turf wars for control of business in the strip.

  与此同时，哈马斯将自身实力重新调整为向内发展，开展了旨在控制加沙地区商业的圈地之战。

• he would meet sarwar, with whom he discussed politics and how to try to change things, and together they came to the idea of setting off explosions in britain.

  他过去常常与萨瓦尔见面，一起讨论政治，商讨如何改变局势，还不谋而合地要在英国制造爆炸案。

• leptin levels fall rapidly when people lose weight, setting off a cascade of physiological changes that burn fewer calories and act to pile weight back on.

  当人们节食时，体内瘦素水平急剧减少，启动一连串生理变化，导致人体燃烧更少的卡路里并恢复原先的体重。

• eventually they had a son, setting off a series of legal battles as ms. bond repeatedly petitioned the church for child support.

  终于，他们有了一个儿子。 这也拉开了邦德女士长长的讼诉之路，为了儿子的赡养费，她一直向教堂申请帮助。

• they appear to have concluded that it is better to court moral hazard than to risk setting off another round of instability.

  他们可能下这样的结论：承受道德风险比冒险激起新一轮不稳定来的好。

• a warm august weekend. at the early morning trailheads, casual hikers are setting off on long and short loops.

  在八月的一个温暖的周末清晨，在路的起点处，休閑徒步旅行者正为旅行準备长短绳结。

• without such early instruction, the immune system may go haywire and overreact with allergies to foods, pollen and pet dander or turn on the body「s own tissue, setting off autoimmune disorders.

  反之，如果缺乏这类早期接触，免疫系统就可能出现紊乱，做出过激反应，如对食物、花粉和宠物毛屑过敏等，或者引发人体机理问题，出现自身免疫失调。

• as he would not be setting off for another three weeks, he treated this as a very good joke.

  由于他要等三个星期才会出发，所以把我的话当作是开玩笑。

• blank lines improve readability by setting off sections of code that are logically related.

  用空行来将逻辑相关的代码块分割开可以提高程序的可读性。

• the man suspected of massacring at least 92 people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in oslo doesn」t appear to have any history of extremist connections.

  这个嫌疑在一个夏令营杀害了92名无辜群众，在奥斯陆制造爆炸袭击的男人，却从没有跟极端主义者有过任何联系。

• starting in 1994, an opposing political candidate ran on an anti-enron platform, and won, setting off a legal back-and-forth that ultimately forced enron to pull out of the project.

  然而，从1994年开始，一位反对派政治候选人持续反对安然，并获得了胜利，引发了一系列法律纠纷，最终迫使安然退出了该项目。

• when you are setting off on your critical reading journey, you don’t have to have all these questions in mind. one is enough to start with.

  当你结束了如此苛刻的阅读旅程时，你不会把所有问题都记住的，记住一个就足够来开始了，这里有一个好的方法让你能够关注到文章的精华。

• montenegro lay in wait, a country that i had singled out before setting off as one of those i was most looking forward to.

  但是我们还是得动身了，黑山在前面等着我们，在行前我曾经把这个国家单独列出来，是我在整个旅程中最想看到的地方之一。

• i've commenced on a new policy of rising at dawn to get as far as possible before the day heats up, then resting in the shade until setting off again during the evening.

  我开始采用新的办法，每天黎明时起身，在天气热起来之前尽量赶路，然后躲在阴凉处休息，直到傍晚时再出发。

• its infra-red sensors enable it to slow down before nudging up to an obstacle—such as a dozy cat—changing direction and setting off again.

  它内置的红外线感应器能使它在撞到物体——比如，一只慵懒困倦的猫——之前停下来，然后换个方向，继续前进。

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adornment装饰；装饰品

beautifier美化者；美化物

caparison给（马）披挂马饰；盛装打扮

decoration装饰，装潢；装饰品；奖章

doodad便宜货；新出品；小玩意儿

embellishment装饰，修饰；润色

frill折成皱边

garnish装饰（尤指食物）；（为合法扣押属于债务人或被告的钱财）传讯（第三方）

garnishment出庭传票；扣押令；装饰

garniture装饰品；附属品；配件

ornament装饰，修饰

ornamentation装饰物

trim整齐的；身材苗条的

相反词

cut缩减的；割下的；雕过的

cut out切断；删去；停止；关掉

deactivate使无效；使不活动；遣散；复员

kill杀戮；屠杀

shut off切断；关掉

turn off关掉，关闭；拐弯，使转变方向；使失去兴趣