setting的意思

基本释义

• n 环境；安装；布置；[天] 沉落

  the place where something is or where something happens, and the general environment

• v 放置；沉没；使…处于某位置（set的ing形式）

例句

1. I’ve worked with children in various settings, mainly in secondary school.

   我在许多地方教过孩子，主要是在中学。

2. There was a diamond in the setting.

   底板上有一颗宝石。

3. The villa has a beautiful setting overlooking the sea.

   别墅的环境很美，正俯瞰着大海。

4. The setting was beautiful.

   背景很美。

5. The cooker has several temperature settings.

   这个电饭煲有几个温度定位档。

6. He sang Schubert's setting of a Goethe poem.

   他唱了一首以歌德的诗为词、由舒伯特谱曲的歌。 \

短语

• setting up 设立；装置
• setting out 展示；启程；测定
• setting sun 落日；斜阳
• setting in 开始
• setting time 凝固时间；建立时间；置位时间

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英英释义

noun 1. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted Synonym: mise en scenestage setting 2. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place e.g. the diamond was in a plain gold mount Synonym: mount 3. a table service for one person e.g. a place setting of sterling flatware Synonym: place setting 4. the context and environment in which something is set e.g. the perfect setting for a ghost story Synonym: scene 5. the physical position of something e.g. he changed the setting on the thermostat 6. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event e.g. the historical context Synonym: contextcircumstance 7. the state of the environment in which a situation exists e.g. you can't do that in a university setting Synonym: backgroundscope

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