中英互译
set-back
英 /set bæk/美 /set bæk/
基本释义
- n.停止
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双语例句
- The bad weather set back the building programme by several weeks.天气恶劣,建筑计划延误了几个星期。来自《牛津词典》
- This organization warns this progress could be set back if measures are not taken to reverse the rise in obesity among young people.该机构提醒,如果不采取措施逆转年轻人中不断增加的肥胖情况,这种进展可能会倒退。
- Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.然而它发布的报告很可能会阻碍改革的步伐,因为国会要求它阐明挑战的深度和广度,而这一点却并没有被阐述清楚。
网络短语
- set back推迟;使花费;阻碍
- set back building由红线后退进去的房屋
- building set back将楼宇建筑位置移后
- set back land将地界后移
- A Set Back第三章;挫折
同义词
英英释义
- n.structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- v.hold back to a later time
- v.slow down the progress of; hinder
- v.cost a certain amount