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setting

英 ['setɪŋ] 美['sɛtɪŋ]
  • n. 环境;安装;布置;[天] 沉落
  • v. 放置;沉没;使…处于某位置(set的ing形式)

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词态变化


复数: settings;

中文词源


setting 环境,背景,设置,安置

来自 set,放置,设置,-ing,动名词后缀。引申词义环境,背景等。

英文词源


setting (n.)
late 14c., "fact or action of setting (something), putting, placing, planting," verbal noun from set (v.).

Meaning "place, location, site" is late 14c. Surgical sense, with reference to broken bones, etc., is from early 15c. In reference to heavenly bodies, from c. 1400. Also in Middle English "act of creation; thing created" (c. 1400). In reference to mounts for jewels, etc. from 1815; meaning "background, history, environment" is attested from 1841.

双语例句


1. The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
默认选项通常是大多数用户都会选择的设置。

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2. The secret to happiness is to keep setting yourself new challenges.
幸福的秘诀就是要不停地给自己设定新的挑战。

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3. It is always an important occasion for setting out government policy.
这历来都是阐明政府政策的重要时机。

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4. Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them.
示威者攻击警察,推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。

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5. You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.
可以用高火煮无骨鱼片。

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