英汉词典

setting 基本解释

• 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）

setting 词态变化

setting 中文词源

来自 set,放置，设置，-ing,动名词后缀。引申词义环境，背景等。

setting 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.

setting 英文释义

1. the context and environment in which something is set;

"the perfect setting for a ghost story"

2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists;

"you can't do that in a university setting"

3. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

4. the physical position of something;

"he changed the setting on the thermostat"

5. a table service for one person;

"a place setting of sterling flatware"

6. mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place;

"the diamond was in a plain gold mount"

setting 同义词解析

place, position, spot, situation, site, location, locality, setting, scene

这些名词均含"地点，位置，场所"之意。

place： 含义广泛，最普通用词，既可指很小的地点，又可指很大很远的地方或场所。

position： 多指物体相对于其他物体所处的位置或状态。

spot： 指相对较小的特定地点或事物所在地。

situation： 指物体在其周围环境中所处的位置或状态，侧重地点或场所的环境特征。

site： 指或大或小的地方，既可指供专门用途或特定活动的地点，又可指某一事件的地址。

location： 指某物设置的方向或地点。

locality： 指某物所处的客观位置和周围地区。

setting： 一般特指戏剧或小说所写的环境或场所。

scene： 常指真实事件或虚构故事发生的地点。

setting 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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setting 实用场景例句

a rural/an ideal/a beautiful/an idyllic, etc. setting

乡村、理想、优美、田园等的环境

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It was the perfect setting for a wonderful Christmas.

环境气氛无可挑剔，正是一个美好的圣诞节所需要的。

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short stories with a contemporary setting

以当代生活为背景的短篇小说

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The performance of the engine was tested at different settings.

对引擎的性能在不同的挡上做了试验。

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Schubert's setting of a poem by Goethe

舒伯特为歌德的一首诗谱的曲

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a place setting

一个座位的整套餐具

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Rome is the perfect setting for romance...

罗马是最适合谈情说爱的地方。

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Perth was the setting for the SNP's conference this year...

珀斯是今年苏格兰国民党大会的召开地。

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You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.

可以用高火煮无骨鱼片。

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While quality of life has improved, there's still a lot of burnout.

在生活质量提高的同时, 却有许多人身心疲惫.

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The windows gleamed gold in the shine of the setting sun.

窗子在落日的余晖中金光闪闪.

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Four days after setting out , while the Titantic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.

启航四天后, 泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时, 瞭望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.

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A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.

我们正要前往机场时来了一位客人.

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Someone is always setting stories about that the Prince is to be married.

有人总是在散布谣言说什么王子要结婚.

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The light from the setting sun glanced off the oil tanks.

落日的余晖从油罐上折射出来.

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We stopped the work when the setting sun shone in.

当落日照入时,我们停止了工作.

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Most of them persist in setting strict demands on themselves.

他们大多数人坚持严格要求自己.

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The responsibilities of a teacher lie not only in the inculcation of knowledge, but also in the setting of good examples and cultivating of virtues.

老师的责任不单是传授知识, 更要树立良好榜样,培养学生的品德.

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The setting sun flushed the mountain tops.

落日的余辉染红了山顶.

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The setting sun was touching the hilltop.

太阳压山了.

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The setting sun kindled the sky.

落日映红了天空.

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Already the round sun was setting.

圆圆的太阳已经要落山了.

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The children are setting fireworks off in the garden.

孩子们在花园里燃放烟火.

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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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Setting up the camera can be tricky.

调试相机可能会很费事。

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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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Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.

冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。

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You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.

可以用高火煮无骨鱼片。

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The setting for this morning's signing ceremony matched the solemnity of the occasion.

今天上午签字仪式的布置与该场合的严肃性非常协调。

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