set fire to something/someone
fire
verb
uk /faɪər/ us /faɪr/

fireverb (SHOOT)

B2[ I or T ]
to cause a weapon to shoot bullets, arrows, or missiles: 开火，开（枪）;放（箭）;发射（导弹）
He fired his gun into the air.他朝天鸣枪。
fire atSomeone started firing at us.有人开始向我们射击。
fire intoWithout warning he started firing into the crowd.在没有任何警示的情况下他开始朝人群开枪。
I just prayed that he would stop firing.我只有在心里企盼着他会停止射击。
The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border.大使否认向境外发射了任何导弹。
[ T or I ]
to direct a series of questions or criticisms at someone: 连珠炮似地提出（问题）;猛烈地发出（抨击）
The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours.整整两个小时，记者们连珠炮似地向我发问。
fire away"I'd like to ask you some questions about your childhood." "Fire away!" (= You can start asking them now.)“我想问你几个关于你童年的问题。” “你问吧！”
The soldiers were ordered to fire only as a last resort.
The initial cloud of tear gas had hardly cleared before shots were fired.催泪瓦斯的第一团烟雾刚散尽，射击就开始了。
He fired six shots at the target, but his aim was terrible, and he missed all of them.他朝靶子打了6枪，但是准头太差，一枪也没中靶。
The rebels were firing anti-tank rockets.叛军在发射反坦克火箭弹。
The soldiers have been ordered to desist from firing their guns.士兵们已接到命令停止射击。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Detonation & bombardment
aerial bombardment
aerial photograph
air raid
airstrike
blanket bombing
bomb
carpet-bombing
detonate
detonation
detonator
direct hit
go off
guidance
loose
pepper
pepper something with something
petrol bomb
prime
refire
shell

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Guns
Disapproving & criticizing
Questioning people & asking questions in general

fireverb (REMOVE FROM A JOB)

B2[ T ]
to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them: 解雇，开除
She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。
be fired fromHe was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance.他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。
She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper.她刚刚被炒，丢掉了这家报纸主编的职位。
The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees.该公司将裁员500人以减少雇员人数。
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