set back
动词中文： 花费
- 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.
- To remove from or allow distance. · Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
- To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. · The statue was set back in a niche.
- To cost money. · How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?
- To reverse, go backwards.
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The schoolhouse was set back from the road and behind it was a dusky fir wood and a brook where all the children put their bottles of milk in the morning to keep cool and sweet until dinner hour.
It was almost noon when they reached town and found their way to “Beechwood.” It was quite a fine old mansion, set back from the street in a seclusion of green elms and branching beeches.
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