set up是一个常用的词组,用法比较灵活,现将其用法归纳举例如下,让你不必查词典,一看便知其词的用法。
1. set up有"竖起、升高、摆放"之意。如:
The persons set up a monument for him at his hometown.人们在他的家乡为他竖起了一块纪念碑。
2. set up有"排版"之意。如:
The manuscripts are already set up.手稿已经排好版。
3. set oneself up as sb.有"自认为、自称为"之意。如:
I've never set myself up as a scholar.我从未自称为学者。
4. set up有"建立、创立、成立"之意。如:
They will set up a new training center.他们要成立一个新的培训中心。
5. set up有"张贴"之意。如:
They set up a notice on the wall.他们在墙上张贴了一张布告。
6. set up有"树立(榜样)"之意。如:
They set up an example to us.他们为我们树立了榜样。
7. set up有"提出"之意。如:
He set up a new theory at the conference.他在会上提出了一个新的理论。
8. set up有"引起、惹起(疾病)"之意。如:
The added sugar sets up a fermentation.加了糖引起了发酵。
9. set up有"请客喝(酒)、款待"之意。如:
Next Sunday I'll set Tom up to a meal.下周日我要请汤姆吃饭。
10. set up有"装置、安放"之意。如:
We've set up a printing press.我们已装置了印刷机。
11. set up有"形成、产生某物"之意。如:
The slum on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.华尔街金融滑坡产生世界股票市场的连锁反应。
hang out: Spend one's free time in; also, loiter, pass time idly.
打发时间,闲逛,无目的的打发时间
hang out with somebody
和某人出去逛
hang out in Wall Street
在华尔街闲逛
make up one's mind 下定决心,打定主意,下定决心做某事,相当于be determined to do sth
She made up mind that, come what may, she would stay there.
她下定决心,不管发生什么情况,她都要在那里待下去。
特别要注意的一点就是:mind在这边是可数名词,make up their minds/make up my mind
还有一个就是要注意和另一个词组的区别change one's mind改变某人的主意
mind在这边是不可数名词,change my mind/change their mind