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单词 set something aside
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setsomethingaside

phrasal verbwithsetverb
uk
/set/us
/set/
present participlesetting|past tense and past participleset

(PURPOSE)

tosavesomething, usuallymoneyortime, for aspecialpurpose:
He had somemoneyin anaccountthat he'd setasideforhiskids.
[+ to infinitive]I setasidehalfanhoureveryeveningtohearErikread.
More examples
  • I setasidesome of thesoupforJimto havelater.
  • We setasidea fewdollarsamonthtobuyfurniture.
  • Could you setasidehalfanhourthisafternoontotalkabout Emma?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Keeping and storing things
  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • bogart
  • capacitance
  • capture
  • cling
  • dump
  • keep(something/someone)back
  • lay
  • laysomethingaside
  • laysomethingdown
  • laysomethingin
  • maintain
  • reserve
  • stockpile
  • stockpiling
  • storage
  • store
  • storesomethingup
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(LEGAL DECISION)

If ajudgeorcourtsetsasideapreviousdecisionorjudgment, theystatethat it does not now have anylegaleffect, usually because theyconsiderit to have beenwrong:
TheCourtof Appeal setasidehisconviction.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Judges & juries
  • beak
  • challenge
  • chief justice
  • court of inquiry
  • dismiss
  • empanel
  • foreman
  • instruct
  • judge
  • jurist
  • juror
  • jury service
  • justice
  • Justice of the Peace
  • resentence
  • rule
  • sheriff
  • sum
  • sum(something/someone)up
  • worship
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(IGNORE)

todecidethat you will not beinfluencedbyyourownfeelingsoropinionsbecause they are notimportantat aparticulartime:
Intimesofwarpeopletendto setasidepoliticaldifferences.
toignoreor notthinkabout aparticularfactorsituationwhileconsideringamatter:
Settingasidethequestionofcost, what do youthinkof theideainprinciple?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Neglecting and ignoring
  • beneath the/someone'sradaridiom
  • blocksomethingout
  • brushsomeone/somethingoff
  • bury/haveyourhead in the sandidiom
  • bypass
  • crack
  • ear
  • lay
  • let goidiom
  • let sleeping dogs lieidiom
  • letsomethinggo/passidiom
  • letsomethingrideidiom
  • look straight/right throughsomeoneidiom
  • nose
  • scrap heap
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • shutyoureyes tosomethingidiom
  • silent
  • the silent treatmentidiom
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set-aside
noun[U]
UK
uk
/ˈset.ə.saɪd/us
/ˈset.ə.saɪd/
theactofpayingfarmersinordernot togrowcropsonareasofland, orlandof thistype
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Areas of land where crops are grown
  • corn circle
  • cornfield
  • crop circle
  • cultivated
  • field
  • monoculture
  • non-cultivation
  • non-irrigated
  • orchard
  • paddock
  • paddy field
  • plough
  • polyculture
  • rice paddy
  • terrace
  • uncultivated
  • under
  • unirrigated
  • vertical farm
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(Definition ofset something asidefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

set aside something| American Dictionary

set asidesomething

phrasal verbwithsetverb
us
/set/

(SAVE)

tosavefor aparticularpurpose:
He sets aside sometimeeverydaytoreadto hischildren.
Aftermeltingthechocolate, set it aside andbeattheeggs.

set asidesomething

phrasal verbwithsetverb
us
/set/

(IGNORE)

todecidenot toconsidersomething:
We need to set asideourdifferencesandbegintocooperate.
To set aside alegaldecisionor ajudgmentis tostatethat it is nolongerineffect:
Thecourtofappealsset aside hisconviction.
(Definition ofset aside somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

set sth aside| Business English

set sth aside

phrasal verbwithsetverb
uk
/set/us
setting|set|set
FINANCE
tosavesomething,especiallymoney, for aspecialpurpose:
Businesses thatcreatenewjobsareeligiblefor ataxcredit, for which thestatecurrentlysetsaside$20 million.
Thebudgetsetsasideenoughmoneytoprovidea 3.5%payraisefor the city'sroughly1,800non-unionemployees.
LAW
if ajudgeorcourtsetsasideapreviousdecisionorjudgment, theystatethat it does not now have anylegaleffect, usually because theyconsiderit to have beenwrong:
TheCourtof Appeal setasidehisconviction.
set-aside
noun
uk
/ˈsetəsaɪd/us
[C]FINANCE,GOVERNMENTUS
apartof anamountofgovernmentmoneythat must be used to giveworktobusinessesownedby women orminorities(=groupwho have a differentrace,culture, orreligionto most otherpeople):
Thefederalgovernmenthas madeavailableset-asideprogramsforsmallcompanies.
[C]FINANCE
anamountofmoneykeptfor aspecialpurpose:
A £70m set-aside isincludedin a 48%riseinitsprovisionsforbadanddoubtfuldebts.
[U]GOVERNMENT,PRODUCTION
asystemin theEuropeanUnionin whichfarmersarepaidnot to usepartoftheirlandinordertoreducetheamountof acropon themarketorcontrolprices:
The EU was beingurgedtohaltset-aside inordertoboostgrainproduction.
(Definition ofset sth asidefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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