| 词汇 | set-back |
| 释义 | set someone back (something)phrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ us /set/present participlesetting | past tense and past participleset informal to cost someone a large amount of money: 让（某人）花费（一大笔钱） Buying that suit must have set you back.买那套西服一定花了你一大笔钱。 It's a handy gadget and will only set you back about $15.这件有用的工具只需花你15美元。 to have a certain monetary value costHiring a car for the week will cost close to £300! beThe cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2. sell forThe tickets sell for £100 each. fetchThe medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction. go for somethingHouses around here usually go for about £500,000. set someone back (something)Phew, that ring looks like it set you back. Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively sight You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Paying money set something/someone backphrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ us /set/present participlesetting | past tense and past participleset C1 to delay an event, process, or person: 耽误;推迟 The opening of the new swimming pool has been set back by a few weeks.新游泳池开业推迟了几个星期。 A war would inevitably set back the process of reform.战争无疑会耽误改革的进程。 See also setback Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick push raincheck retard retardation shelve sit sit on something spin stall set something backphrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ us /set/present participlesetting | past tense and past participleset to reduce something to a weaker or less advanced state: 削弱；使倒退；使受挫 This defeat has set back their chances of winning the competition.这次失败降低了他们赢得这次竞赛的机会。 See also setback Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof frustration guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom preclude preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent scuttle smother suffocate set someone back (something) | American Dictionaryset someone back (something)phrasal verb with setverbus/set/ infml to cost someone an amount of money: Our vacation set us back over $3000. set back someone/somethingphrasal verb with setverbus/set/ to delay or stop the progress of someone or something: Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back. set sb back (sth) | Business Englishset sb back (sth)phrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ussetting | set | set informal to cost someone a large amount of money: The accident will set the car's owner back about €2,000. It is a place where a cup of coffee costs $3 and a sandwich for lunch can set you back $10. set sth/sb backphrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ussetting | set | set to delay an event or process: A sustained rise in oil prices could set back the recovery. set sth back by sthThe launch of the new version could be set back by at least a year. |
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