Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut...

尼科尔斯动身去他在康涅狄格州的偏僻农舍了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip...

总统的使节开始了又一次外交之旅。

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Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm...

一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Someone set off a fire extinguisher...

有人打开了灭火器。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid...

救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱,村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.

如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The smallest thing sets him off, and he can't stop talking about his childhood.

一件微不足道的小事都能打开他的话匣子，他会滔滔不绝地讲述他的童年。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Blue suits you, sets off the colour of your hair.

蓝色很适合你，能衬托出你的发色。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...perfectly proportioned galleries that set off the contents to their best advantage.

结构匀称完美、能最有效地凸显其展品的展览馆

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Read defeat in the slump of his shoulders.

从他肩膀的无力下垂上可以看出他失败了.

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Get prepared so that you can set off immediately if sth . happens.

做好准备,一旦有事,马上出动.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.

他们带上两把利斧便朝森林走去.

《简明英汉词典》

The detachment set off ahead of schedule.

小分队提前出动了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A part of the money was set off for the building of a science boardinghouse.

一部分钱被拨出来用作修建科学寄宿宿舍之用.

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He proposed to set off immediately.

他建议立即动身.

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The youngsters set off string after string of firecrackers to mark Spring Festival.

孩子们放了一串又一串的鞭炮,以欢庆春节.

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Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a'guard of honour'of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.

他扮成圣诞老人,在声个漂亮姑娘组成的 “ 仪仗队”的陪同下骑着一只叫江波的小象,沿着城里的主要街道出发了.

《用法词典》

She had a quick swig of water and then set off again.

她匆忙喝了一大口水,然后又出发了.

《简明英汉词典》

We must get the right kind of frame to set off the picture.

我们得找个合适的镜框把这幅画衬得更加好看.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The runners set off at a blistering pace.

赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

She set off at a canter.

她骑着马慢跑出发。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.

这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》