Set sb off doing
使(某人)开始(做某事)
🧩 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;
[计] 栈底, 标准二进制, 减, 备用设备\\n[医] 锑(51号元素)
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;
n. 行为, 活动
🗣️ 情景例句
I always eat three square meals a day.
我总是每天三顿饭都好好吃。
They don't know when the wedding will be.
他们不知道婚礼将是什么时候。
but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。