set to

They set to work accumulating a huge mass of data.

他们已开始积累大量的资料.

Visitors were set to work chopping wood.

游客们被安排去劈柴。

I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking.

其他任何人来敲门，我都决意将其拒之门外。

Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.

投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔.

Set to your partner.

转向你的舞伴.

Please tune the television set to Channel 4.

请把电视机调到四频道.

Sampras looks set to play his fellow countryman Agassi in the final.

桑普拉斯好像注定要在决赛中遇上他的同胞阿加西。

The talks are set to continue through the week.

谈判可能会持续一周。

Our first task will be to set up a communications system.

我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。

He shucked his coat and set to work.

他脱掉了外套开始工作。

Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing ￡60 billion.

借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑.

They are set to make a big fat profit.

他们下定决心要大赚一笔。

She rolled [ turned ] up her sleeves and set to work.

她卷起袖子大干起来.

The banks are set to merge next year.

这几家银行准备明年合并。

He had a set-to with one of his workmates.

他和一位工友干了一架.

to set off at a steady/gentle/leisurely pace

以稳定的 / 徐缓的 / 悠闲的步子出发

to set/define the parameters

制订 / 设定规范

The talks look set to stretch into a second week.

看来谈判十有八九要延续到下个星期了。

They set to as soon as food was put on the table.

食物一摆上桌子,他们就狼吞虎咽地吃了起来.