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

• 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。
• A secured loan has the value of your property set against the amount borrowed.
  抵押贷款的价值对您的财产设定的数额借来。
• 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。
• The committee was dead set against this plan.
  委员会坚决反对这一计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Hungarian director has completed her powerful Diary trilogy, set against the background of events in her country.
  这名匈牙利导演已经完成了她震撼人心的“日记三部曲”，故事是以发生在她本国的事件为背景。
• My poster shows a stunning photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa set against a spectacular sunset.
  海报上显示的是壮观的日落映衬下的绝美无比的比萨斜塔。
• It is a bleak tale, set against a bleak East Anglian landscape.
  这是一个凄凉的传说，发生的背景是一片荒凉的东盎格鲁原野。