The city is trying to attract foreign private-equity firms to set up shop in Shanghai.

When she had once set upon anything, the family failed before her.

一旦她决意做一件事, 整个家庭都无法更改.

We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.

我们遭到了大约12名青年的袭击，我被踢晕过去了。

What was the matter with these women, always set upon this marrying notion?

这些娘儿们老是一心想结婚,到底怎么回事 呢 ?

He was set upon by two masked men.

他受到两个蒙面人的袭击.

As a joke, John set back the clock a whole hour.

约翰恶作剧, 把钟拨慢了整整1个小时.

Financial problems have set back our building programme.

财务上出现问题延误了我们的建设计画.

Unemployment is also a set back for some of our members.

失业也是我们的一部份信徒所面对的困扰.

She seemed better until her set back.

她似乎好起来了,后来又退步了.

The house is set back some distance from the street.

这房屋离街面有一段距离.

We don't consider it possible set back the clock of history.

我们认为,要使历史倒退是不可能的.

The house is set back some distance from the main street.

这房屋离大街有一段距离.

The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks.

寒冷的天气使插秧推迟两个星期.

This ambition has been seriously set back by China's poisoned milk scandal.

但由于中国的毒牛奶丑闻,恒天然的勃勃雄心遭受了严重挫折.

The crisis set back the entire economy of the capitalist world.

这次危机使资本主义世界的经济全面衰退.

It'set back the invaders far more than our forces had.

它比我们的部队远为有效地阻碍了入侵部队的推进.

Two angry women set to and began to pull each other's hair.

两个愤怒的女人相互吵架并开始彼此抓住头发厮打.

He set to with a will and soon finished it.

他下定决心做这件事,很快就完成了.

They set to as soon as food was put on the table.

食物一摆上桌子,他们就狼吞虎咽地吃了起来.

The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide.

这种药将会成为全世界治疗哮喘的首选。

He has set to learning English.

他已开始学习英语.