set out

1. PHRASAL VERB 动身;出发;启程
   When you set out, you start a journey.
   1. When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
      每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
2. PHRASAL VERB 开始;着手
   If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it.
   1. He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago...
      他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
   2. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
      我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
3. PHRASAL VERB 安排;摆放;陈列
   If you set things out, you arrange or display them somewhere.
   1. Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
      铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
4. PHRASAL VERB (清晰而有条理地)陈述，阐述，说明
   If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way.
   1. He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views...
      他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
   2. You will be given a Back To Work plan which sets out how you can best help yourself.
      你会收到一份《回归工作》计划，上面条理清晰地告诉你该如何将自己调整到最佳状态重返工作。

1. We have achieved what we set out to do.
   我们已经达成了原初的目标。
2. The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals
   医生们已经陈述了他们反对这些提案的理由。
3. The state announced a clear-cut policy and set out to carry it through.
   政府宣布了一项明确的政策，并着手付诸实施。
4. He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse.
   他4点钟起了床，徒步出发去猎杀黑琴鸡。
5. He set out to follow his artistic inclinations.
   他开始追求自己的艺术爱好。
6. Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul
   琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。
7. I've been looking at the cookery book. I like the way it is set out
   我翻过那本烹饪书。我喜欢它的版式设计。
8. He set out in search of ideas for starting a company of his own.
   他开始寻求思路创办自己的公司。
9. 'I have', he remarked with pardonable pride, 'done what I set out to do.'
   “我已经，”他以情有可原的骄傲语气说，“完成了我要做的。”
10. He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.
    他从挽救当地帮派的一个年轻人入手着力消除奥马哈的毒品泛滥问题。
11. She has set out to seduce Stephen.
    她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
12. When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
    每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
13. He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago
    他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
14. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
    我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
15. Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
    铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
16. He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views
    他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
17. You will be given a Back To Work plan which sets out how you can best help yourself.
    你会收到一份《回归工作》计划，上面条理清晰地告诉你该如何将自己调整到最佳状态重返工作。
18. He set out to square his dreams with reality.
    他开始让自己的梦想接近现实。
19. He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors
    他制订了几条原则，希望可以引导继任者。
20. I don't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each album. At the same time, I do have a sense of what is right for the moment.
    我不觉得我一开始就特意为每张专辑设定了不同的曲风。然而，我确实知道当时想要的是什么感觉。
21. Four of the most powerful men in Russia set out on a top-secret mission.
    俄罗斯最有势力的四个人身怀绝密任务出发了。
22. They set out in a westerly direction along the riverbank.
    他们沿着河岸向西出发了。
23. It was raining when we set out.
    我们出发时正下着雨。
24. We shall set out immediately once the matter is settled.
    事谐之后，即可动身。
25. He bade his wife farewell and set out on his journey.
    他辞别了妻子便启程了。
26. The troops are about to set out.
    部队就要出发了。
27. There is some artware set out in the room.
    房子里陈设着几件工艺品。
28. On the long narrow table were set out an incense burner, candlesticks, and offerings of all kinds.
    条案上陈放着香炉、烛台和各色供品。
29. The troops set out before dawn.
    拂晓前，部队开拔了。

verb

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
   1. We began working at dawn
   2. Who will start?
   3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
   4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
   5. He began early in the day
   6. Let's get down to work now

   Synonym:    get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutcommence

2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   1. lay out the clothes
   2. lay out the arguments

   Synonym:    rangearraylay out

3. leave
   1. The family took off for Florida

   Synonym:    departpartstartstart outset forthset offtake off