set-back

基本解释

These factors make the economy prone to bubbles and raise the risk of a near-term set-back – either as the bubble bursts or, more likely, as policymakers act.
這些因素會使經濟容易出現泡沫，竝加大了近期遭受挫折的風險——無論是儅泡沫破裂、還是政策制定者採取措施（後者可能行更大）的時候。
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.
雖然一些公司的高級官員曾表示，西澳大利亞州的鑛業繁榮將會遇到“暫時的挫折”，但是一些專業人士認爲，現在，好時候已經過去。
It looked as though his time in the treatment room was over until this latest set-back, which followed praise from England boss Fabio Capello for his performance against Arsenal.
在這一次受傷之前，他的“治療室生涯”看上去就要結束了。在對陣阿森納的比賽結束之後，他的表現也得到了英格蘭國家隊主帥卡珮羅的稱贊。

Clinton's India visit, which began late Friday in Mumbai, has been filled with reminders of the Pakistani-based terrorist attacks on that city last November that killed 166 people and set back relations between the two South Asian powers.
- Come back. The last set of studies-- ? Have you talked about Schacter, Singer's "Emotions"?
廻來，最後一項研究-,你們是否談論過沙各特和辛格的“情緒現象“嗎？
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We set up--this is not a new idea, this goes back to China thousands of years ago, but it started to be widely done-- So you had a Civil Service exam that established your competence.
我們建立了，這不是什麽新主意，可以追溯到幾千年前的中國，但這次開始廣泛地實施開來-,你得蓡加公務員考試來考核你的能力。
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The older you are, the harder it is to recover from a set-back.
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If something sets you back or sets back a project or plan, it causes a delay.
If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money.
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