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

• Red flags stand out brightly, set against the blue sky.
  红旗在蓝天的映衬下显得分外鲜艳。
• 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。
• 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 main reason for this is the limits are set against you.
  造成这一情况的主要原因是限额是对付你。
• The committee was dead set against this plan.
  委员会坚决反对这一计划。
• 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。
• Computers have reduced the cost of buying and selling financial assets, but the gains from further speed seem unclear, and must be set against the risks.
  计算机降低了买入和卖出金融资产的成本，然而更高的速度到底带来了什么益处目前还不清楚，而且还必须考虑它的风险。
• 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。
• 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。