一、set sb↔up

1.资助，经济上扶植（某人）

to provide sb with the money that they need in order to do sth

A bank loan helped to set him up in business.

他靠一笔银行贷款做起了生意。

2.使更健康（或强壮、活泼等）

to make sb healthier, stronger, more lively, etc.

The break from work really set me up for the new year.

放下工作稍事休息，的确使我更有精力在新的一年大干一场了。

3.诬陷，冤枉（某人）；栽赃

to trick sb, especially by making them appear guilty of sth

He denied the charges, saying the police had set him up.

他否认那些指控，说警察冤枉他了。

二、set sth↔up

1.建起；设立；设置；组建;成立；创办

to build sth or put sth somewhere

They got married and set up home together in Hull.

他们结婚了，一同在赫尔建立了新家。

They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton.

他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里安了家。

The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city.

警察在城外的路上设置了路障。

The city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.

该市警察设置了路障以检查过往车辆。

The police set up blockades on highways leading out of the city.

警察在城市出口的公路上设下路障。

We decided to set up camp for the night.

我们决定搭帐篷过夜。

They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp.

他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

They set up a working party to look into the issue.

他们设立了一个特别工作组来调查这个问题。

The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。

The government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry.

政府同意成立一个调查委员会。

The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison.

政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。

An independent body has been set up to investigate the affair.

已成立了一个独立机构调查这件事。

A working party has been set up to look into the problem.

已成立一个工作小组来调查这个问题。

I set up the computer so that they could work from home.

我把电脑设置好，这样他们就可以在家办公了。

The community centre was set up under the auspices of a government initiative.

在政府的大力支持下社区中心建成了。

The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction.

成立这个协会是为了保护濒危物种不致灭绝。

You'd better pay attention to the new regulations for setting up academic organizations.

你最好关注一下成立学术组织的新条例。

A fund will be set up for the dead men's families.

将为死者家属设立一项基金。

The occupying forces set up a puppet government.

占领军建立了一个傀儡政府。

I couldn't afford more than a broom cupboard to set up office in.

我的钱也就够搞一间鸡窝大的办公室。

2.安装好，装配好，调试好（设备或机器）

to make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use

She set up her stereo in her bedroom.

她把立体声音响装在了卧室里。

The system is set up but it needs some fine-tuning.

该系统已装配好，但需要一些细小调整。

Our first task is to set up a communications system.

我们的首项任务是架设通信系统。

Cameras were set up at strategic points along the route.

在沿途一些最佳位置架设了摄像机。

3.安排；策划

to arrange for sth to happen

I've set up a meeting for Friday.

我已安排好在星期五开会。

The scheme has been set up to help homeless people.

这个计划的目的是帮助无家可归的人。

The questions were set up to make her look dumb.

问题这么设计，就是为了让她出丑。

4.创建；建立；开办

to create sth or start it

He has just set up his own business but it will take him a while to get established.

他刚建立起自己的公司，但要站稳脚跟还得花上一段时间。

She has set up in business as a hairdresser.

她已经开店当理发师。

Those three postgraduate students wanted to set up their own export business.

那3个研究生曾想成立自己的出口公司。

She had plans to set up in business on her own account.

她计划自己创业。

5.引发；产生

to start a process or a series of events

The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.

华尔街股价暴跌在全球股票市场上引起了连锁反应。