So, Professor Buffenstein set out to test the theory.巴夫斯丁教授开始设计实验证实该理论

set out:出发；开始；打算

They set out on the last stage of their journey.

他们开始了旅行的最后一程。

They succeeded in what they set out to do.

他们打算做的事已经做成了。

things didn't pan out as expected.结果并不是如她所料

pan out:结果；成功

I thought it was a good idea, but I don't think it will pan out.

我原以为这个想法很好，但现在我认为它行不通。

We hope things will pan out as we expect.

我们希望事情的结果正如所料。

pan的语法:

1.pan的基本意思是“平底锅”,指圆形金属容器,通常有长柄、有盖,主要用于做饭菜,是可数名词。pan也可作“盘状器皿”“天平的托盘”解。

2.pan还可指“一锅之量”。