setting
英['set??]
美['s?t??]
- n. 環境；安裝；布置；[天] 沉落
- v. 放置；沉沒；使…處于某位置（set的ing形式）
詞態變化
復數:?settings;
中文詞源
setting 環境，背景，設置，安置
來自 set,放置，設置，-ing,動名詞后綴。引申詞義環境，背景等。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
- 默認選項通常是大多數用戶都會選擇的設置。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The secret to happiness is to keep setting yourself new challenges.
- 幸福的秘訣就是要不停地給自己設定新的挑戰。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is always an important occasion for setting out government policy.
- 這歷來都是闡明政府政策的重要時機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them.
- 示威者攻擊警察，推翻車輛并將其縱火焚燒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You can boil the fish fillets on a high setting.
- 可以用高火煮無骨魚片。
來自柯林斯例句