意思是动身；出发；启程；开始；着手；安排；摆放；陈列；（清晰而有条理地）陈述，阐述，说明的意思。
例句：
1、The troops are about to set out.
部队就要出发了。
2、The state announced a clear-cut policy and set out to carry it through.
政府宣布了一项明确的政策，并着手付诸实施。
3、He set out on the long walk home.
他动身走很长的路回家了。
4、Her work is always very well set out.
她总是把工作安排得很有条理。
扩展资料：
set about与set out意思相近，set about一般意为开始（做某事），但set out后加不定式。
用法:
set about doing sth=set out to do sth.
开始，着手于做某事。
例句：
1、On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
2、I set about improvising some makeshift contrivances.
我开始凑合着做几件临时用用的装置。
set out：英 [set aʊt] 美 [set aʊt] ，意思是动身；出发；启程；开始；着手；安排；摆放；陈列；（清晰而有条理地）陈述，阐述，说明。
例句：When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
翻译：每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
扩展资料
set out和set off相似，都有动身、出发的意思，但set out用法更多，还有安排、陈列的意思；
例句：Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
翻译：铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
例句：I've been looking at the cookery book. I like the way it is set out
翻译：我翻过那本烹饪书。我喜欢它的版式设计。
本回答被网友采纳开始；出发；动身；准备
网络陈列；着手；陈述
But I never seemed to accomplish all I set out to do. Sometimes I'd accomplishnone of it.
但是，似乎我从未完成过我准备做的事。
out 1
set out (ACTIVITY) phrasal
verb
to start an activity with a
particular aim:
She set out
with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the
championship.
[+ to infinitive] They set out to
discover a cure for cancer.
set
out 2
set out (JOURNEY) phrasal
verb
to start a
journey
set
out
v.出发,开始,装饰,陈列,测定,宣布,移植,陈述;启程;展示The iceboat set out
to chop a hole in the ice.冰船开始在冰上凿一个洞.本回答被提问者采纳