set-back

英 [set bæk]

美 [set bæk]

n.  挫折;障碍

复数：set-backs　

英英释义

noun

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
  Synonym:setoffoffset

双语例句

• This latest defeat constitutes a major set-back for the government.
  最近这次失败是政府受到的主要挫折。
• Although senior corporate figures have stated that WA's mining boom was enduring a "temporary set-back", some academics believe that, for now, the good times are over.
  虽然一些公司的高级官员曾表示，西澳大利亚州的矿业繁荣将会遇到“暂时的挫折”，但是一些专业人士认为，现在，好时候已经过去。
• Nevertheless, during Iraq War in 2003, European Union was greatly divided between those favoring the war and those opposing it, making a serious set-back for Common Foreign and Security Policy that European Union had been fostering for years.
  然而，在2003年的伊拉克战争中欧盟内部却出现了“主战”和“主和”两个声音，使欧盟多年来极力呼唤的共同外交与安全政策严重受挫。
• The defeat constitutes a major set-back for our diplomacy.
  这一失败是我们外交上的一次较大的挫折。
• Engineering design for drop safety of set-back mechanisms
  后坐机构坠落安全性的工程设计
• Money, whether it's from the Bank or other donors, is expected to flow quite smoothly to the34,000 or so houses outside the buffer zone set-back from the sea.
  不管是来自世行还是来自其他援助机构的资金有望顺利地到达海水缓冲区外34000户家庭的住房建设。
• Set-back tongue flap with a neurovascular pedicle for repair of tongue base carcinoma
  舌根癌根治性切除一期舌瓣后置修复术的探讨
• The troops were thoroughly demoralized by this set-back.
  这一挫败使部队士气丧失殆尽。
• As everybody saw in the first half against Tottenham, we had bounced back from the set-back against Barcelona and just got on with it.
  因为大家都看见在对托特纳姆的上半场比赛中，我们从对巴萨的阴影中恢复过来并延续下去。
• Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack's pre-season preparations suffered a set-back as he picked up a toe injury this week.
  由于切尔西中场巴拉克的脚趾受伤，他的季前热身将提前结束。