set out
phrasal verbwithsetverbuk/set/us/set/present participlesetting|past tense and past participleset
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tostartanactivitywith aparticularaim:
(怀着特定目的)开始,着手She set outwiththeaimofbecomingtheyoungesteverwinnerof thechampionship.她努力的目标就是成为历史上最年轻的冠军。
[+ to infinitive]They set outtodiscoveracureforcancer.他们开始寻找一种治愈癌症的方法。
tostartajourney
出发,启程- He set out tobecomechiefexecutive.
- I don't set out toannoyhim - it justseemstohappen.
- He set out tocrushall hisenemies.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
- the ground floor
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Departing