Set off
其它 Other出发, 开始, 引起, 衬托, 点缀, 抵销, 分开, 划分\\n[法] 抵销
📝 例句
Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
股票市场上人心惶惶, 掀起抛售浪潮.
The children set off for school.
孩子们上学去了。
Hatch set off to make rounds, leaving Dick in a muse.
哈奇说着就巡逻去了，留下狄克沉浸在深思中。
He picked up the heavy suitcase and set off with a stagger.
他提起沉重的箱子, 打个趔趄就走了.
📖 牛津释义
set off
begin (a journey, race, etc) 开始（旅行、 赛跑等）
What time are you planning to set off tomorrow? 你打算明天几点钟启程?
They've set off on a journey round the world. 他们已经开始环游世界.
If you want to catch that train we'd better set off for the station immediately. 你要是想赶上那班火车, 咱们就最好马上动身去火车站. set sth off
(a) cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode 使（炸弹、 地雷等）爆炸
Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off. 这些烟火要格外小心, 稍有火星就能引起爆炸.
(b) cause or prompt sth 引起或激发某事物
Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling. 股票市场上人心惶惶, 掀起抛售浪潮.
(c) make sth appear more attractive by contrast （通过对比）使某事物更有吸引力
That jumper sets off the blue of her eyes. 在这件毛衣衬托下, 她眼睛的蓝色显得更漂亮了. set sb off (doing sth) cause sb to start (doing sth) 使某人开始做（某事物）
Don't set him off talking politics or he'll go on all evening. 可别让他谈起政治来, 要不然他一谈就得一个晚上.
Her imitations always set me off (laughing). 她模仿别人的动作, 每次都把我逗得哈哈大笑.
🧩 词语组成解析
set
[sɛt]
vt. 放置，安置;使处于某种状况;设置;摆放餐具;
vi. 落山;出发;凝结;
n. 一套，一副;集合;布景;电视机;
adj. 固定的;位于…的;顽固的;安排好的;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
🗣️ 情景例句
And coming home on Sunday?
星期日回来是吗？
Rain is falling.
外面在下雨。
And why only snakes? Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped; no running fights with large, fierce rats or tussles with grown rabbits -- just a bite and no more effort needed.
为什么只有蛇才有毒液呢？譬如说，如果猫有毒液，那对猫会大有帮助，它就不必再和又大又凶的老鼠边跑边博斗了，也不必再和大兔子扭斗了，只要咬一口，就不必再费大力气。