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動詞

set back (三人称単数 現在形 sets back, 現在分詞 setting back, 過去形および過去分詞形 set back)

1. (transitive) To delay or obstruct.

   I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.

   Having the mindset that you "can't" reach your goals is only going to set you back.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 51:

     “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.

2. (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.

   Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.

3. (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.

   The statue was set back in a niche.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money.

   How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?

5. To reverse, go backwards.
   • 1939 December, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: II. Salisbury and Exeter, S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 412:

     Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay.