set in

英 [set ɪn]

美 [set ɪn]

（不好的事情）产生，开始，到来，恶化

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (不好的事情)产生，开始，到来，恶化
  If something unpleasantsets in, it begins and seems likely to continue or develop.
  1. Then disappointment sets in as they see the magic is no longer there...
     当他们发现魔力已失的时候，失望的情绪开始蔓延。
  2. Winter is setting in and the population is facing food and fuel shortages.
     冬天即将到来，人们将面临食物和燃料的短缺。

英英释义

verb

• become established
  1. winter has set in
• enter a particular state
  1. Laziness set in
  2. After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in
  Synonym:kick in
• blow toward the shore
  1. That gale could set in on us with the next high tide

双语例句

• The play is set in the dangerous no-man's land between youth and adolescence
  这部戏描写的是青年时期和青春期之间那段危险、暖昧的时光。
• Commerce in the urban districts has been carried on smoothly since winter set in.
  自从冬季来临后，市区的商业一直在顺利开展着。
• Spring has set in.
  春天来到了。
• His fourth novel is a murder mystery set in London.
  他的第四部小说讲述的是一起发生在伦敦的神秘谋杀案。
• The story is set in the autumn of 1960.
  故事发生在1960年秋天。
• He was too set in his ways to make any real changes.
  他已经积习成性，不肯作任何真正的改变。
• The property is set in two acres of land.
  这座房产占地两英亩。
• As Mr Blunkett emphasised, nothing is yet set in concrete.
  正如布伦基特先生所强调的，一切都还没有定下来。
• In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time
  很多学校的情况正开始变得越来越糟，教学水平一路下滑。
• The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
  伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。