| 单词 | setback |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['setbæk] |
| 解释 | n.挫折 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 挫折(something that prevents successful progress) |
| 字源 | setback (n.) also set-back, 1670s, "reversal, check to progress," from set (v.) + back (adv.). Sometimes backset was used in the same sense. Meaning "space between a building and a property line" is from 1916. To set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 后退; 退步 【记】set back(v 阻碍; 使挫折; 把表针往回拨) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】set 调整 + back，调整回去 |
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