set against

英 [set əˈɡenst]

美 [set əˈɡenst]

把…和…作比较; 把…对照…来看; 使…与…对立（或作对、竞争）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 把…和…作比较;把…对照…来看
  If one argument or factis set againstanother, it is considered in relation to it.
  1. These are relatively small points when set against her expertise on so many other issues...
     和她在许多其他方面的专业知识相比，这些相对来说都不算什么。
  2. £5,000 was a considerable sum in those days and particularly when set against the maximum wage.
     在当时 5,000 英镑是相当大的一笔数目，特别是和最高工资相比。
• PHRASAL VERB 使…与…对立(或作对、竞争)
  Tosetone personagainstanother means to cause them to become enemies or rivals.
  1. The case has set neighbour against neighbour in the village.
     这件事使得村里邻里间反目成仇。

双语例句

• They are being set against me.
  有人鼓动他们跟我捣乱。
• My husband is dead set against us living with my mother.
  我丈夫极力反对与我母亲住在一起。
• The story about a father and son, set against the background of North Amsterdam during a glorious summer.
  以盛夏的北阿姆斯特丹为背景的关于一对父子的故事。
• She's dead set against giving the kids junk food.
  她坚决反对给孩子们吃垃圾食品。
• It is a love story set against a backdrop of rural Irish life.
  这是一个以爱尔兰乡村生活为背景的爱情故事。
• I want to leave school, but my parents are dead set against the idea.
  我想退学，但我父母坚决反对。
• France is also set against devaluation.
  法国也坚决反对货币贬值。
• The ideal of the family system is necessarily dead set against the ideal of personal individualism.
  家族制度的理想必然是和私人个人主义的理想势不两立的。
• Certain business losses can be set against taxes.
  某些营业上的亏损可以从税额中抵消。
• Set against that, the European economy is in better shape than for some years.
  与此相对的是，欧洲经济现在的状况好于最近几年。