| 词组 | set aside |
| 释义 | set aside 1. set aside sth • set sth aside to keep something, especially time or money, for a special purpose, and only use it for that purpose + for ▪ Try to set aside at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary. ▪ You should have set aside some cash to pay household expenses. ▪ a room that had been set aside for visitors ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put aside 2. set aside sth • set sth aside to decide that you will not be influenced by a particular feeling, belief, or principle, because something else is more important: ▪ Thus Regan sets prejudice aside and thoughtfully explores the idea that all citizens, black and white, have the same moral rights. ▪ It was no good thinking of revenge. Louis knew that he must set all such thoughts aside. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put aside, ↑lay aside 3. set aside sth • set sth aside if a judge or court sets aside a previous legal decision or agreement, they decide that it no longer has any effect: ▪ Mr Justice Rock allowed the appeal and set aside the order of the Divisonal Court. 4. set aside sth • set sth aside technical if a farmer sets aside land, he or she agrees not to grow any crops on it, and accepts a payment from the government for this: ▪ One out of ten farmers set aside land in the rest of Europe, compared to six out of ten in the UK. set-aside n U land that a farmer has agreed not to use for growing crops, and for which the farmer receives a payment from the government: ▪ Set aside schemes have taken land out of production to help reduce food surpluses. |
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