| 词汇 | set-to |
| 释义 | set tophrasal verb with setverbuk /set/ us /set/present participlesetting | past tense and past participleset UK (WORK)to start working or dealing with something in an energetic and determined way: 干劲十足地开始做;毅然开始 If we all set to, we should be able to finish the job in a week.如果我们都能认真干起来，就能在一星期内完成这项工作。 Work, working and the workplace act as something all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom assignment bandh be at workidiom grind hoop hotelling housekeeping in the line of dutyidiom induction industry job moonlight skivvy slave slog slouch spadework undertaking You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Starting and beginning (FIGHT)informal to begin to fight开始打架 Fighting armed combat arms array battle cry bellicosity blood diamond bloodlessly conflict engage firefight gunfight pick on someone your own sizeidiom rabbit punch refight remobilization remobilize scuffle see action tilt at windmillsidiom tussle set-to noun[ Cusually singular ] UKinformaluk /ˈset.tuː/ us /ˈset.tuː/ a short argument or fight: （短暂的）争吵，打斗 Dad had a bit of a set-to with the neighbours about their playing loud music all the time.爸爸因为邻居整天大声放着音乐而和他们发生了一些摩擦。 Arguments & disagreements argument argy-bargy be (on) non-speakersidiom belligerence bickering blow (someone/something) up bust up clash contentiousness cut and thrustidiom ding-dong dispute dust-up hostility kerfuffle logjam pile rhubarb ructions spat Examples of set toset to We usually have a party political set-to on a subject thought to contain some political mileage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can think of some issues that we could have debated on which we should have had a fair old set-to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a real set-to in the past couple of months about gynaecological beds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we could have a real set-to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This brings us back to the personal question of how we are to do this in the context of a really satisfactory set-to of work at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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