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9. set down
放下；记下；登记
Passengers may be
set down and picked up only at the official stops.乘客只有在正式车站方可上下车。
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联想拓展
set about (doing
sth.) 着手（做某事）
set out (to do
sth.)开始，着手(做某事)
set
aside留出；不顾
set back（把钟等）往回拨；推迟
set free释放；解放
set off动身，出发（去某地）；使爆炸
set out动身，出发；安排，组织
set up开办；建立；设立
set an example to树立榜样
set fire to ...=
set ... on fire纵火烧
be set in以……为背景
The bad weather
set back the building programme by several weeks.
由于天气恶劣，建筑计划延误了好几个星期。
We need to set
about finding a solution.
我们得着手寻找一个解决办法。
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温馨提示
set about 和set out都可作“开始/着手做某事”讲，但set about 后加doing
sth.， 而set out后加 to do
sth.。
高手过招
单项填空
As soon as he got
to the office, he the students’ papers.
（2010·山东济南一中月考）
A. got down to
correct
B. got down to
correcting
C. set down to
correcting
D. sit down to
correcting
解析：选B。get down
to意思是“着手做某事”，其中to是介词，
后跟名词或动名词。
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10. on purpose
故意
The boy broke
Jack’s window on purpose. He wanted to frighten Jack.
那男孩是故意打破杰克的窗玻璃的，他想吓一下杰克。
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