英 [set aʊt] 美 [set aʊt]
安排和系统地呈现，标出（如设计），制定计划：指以图形或系统的方式安排和呈现；标出（如设计）；制定计划。
详细陈述、描述或背诵：指详细陈述、描述或背诵。
开始具有明确目的，着手：指开始具有明确目的；着手。
开始某种课程、旅程或职业：指开始某种课程、旅程或职业。
set out // [ setting sets ]
动词词组 When you set out, you start a journey. 启程; 出发
When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
出发进行长距离徒步时，一定要穿上合适的靴子。
动词词组 If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it. 开始努力
He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.
他已经完成了3年前开始努力做的事情。
动词词组 If you set things out, you arrange or display them somewhere. 摆出; 陈列
Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
用花边垫子摆蛋糕，好看诱人。
动词词组 If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way. 阐述; 提出
He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views.
他已经给《泰晤士报》写信，阐述了自己的观点。
排(版)；把…宽排
出发
... set off出发，启程；引起，激起 set out陈述，阐明；动身，起程；开始；摆放 set up创立，建立，为…作准备；竖立，架起，建造；开业，开始经商 ...
加利福尼亚州春节最大规模的赴美旅行团“加州迪斯尼过大年”将于1月尾出发（set out），近千名中国旅客（visitor）将前去（go to） 美国加利福尼亚州，在加州迪斯尼度假区感受奇特（unique）的异国阴历（the traditi...
... rm. 一天下午,她乘坐小船从海岸出发,遇到了一场暴风雨。 set out动身出发；开始；陈述 set up建立，创立；引起 ...
... set off出发，启程；引起，激起 set out陈述，阐明；动身，起程；开始；摆放 set up创立，建立，为…作准备；竖立，架起，建造；开业，开始经商 ...
She has set out to seduce Stephen.
她已开始勾引斯蒂芬。
When they set out they were well prepared.
他们出发时有很充分的准备。
He set out on the long walk home.
他动身走很长的路回家了。
In any case, nineteen eighty-three was the year Ahmet Ertegun set out to establish an organization that became the foundation.
VOA : special.2009.10.19
I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.
一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
But if you set out trying to implement this whole story line at once, if you set out trying to implement a cookie love story, it's just not gonna fly.
但是如果你一开始就想一次啃掉整块蛋糕,譬如你一开始就想,完成这个饼干人的爱情故事，你会发现这是行不通的。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
So I set out on a journey to see his buildings and to find whatever was left of him out there."
VOA : special.2011.07.24
They put together a huge herd of more than two hundred sixty-thousand cattle and set out for Sedalia.
VOA : special.2010.03.18
In 1930, the airship R100 set out on its first passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada.
Working with the Tax Justice Network I set out to provide a definitive answer.
He is leaving because he has achieved everything he set out to do at Radio 4.