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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We can contrast this story, set in a large modern city, with other one that tells of life on a lonely farm.
  我们可以将这篇以现代化的大城市生活为背景的故事与另一篇描写偏僻农场生活的故事对照一下。
• The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
  伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
• A thaw has set in.
  解冻的天气将至。
• The man unlocked a gate set in a high wall and let me through
  那名男子打开了高墙中一面大门上的锁让我进去。
• 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。
• 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。
• The correction had already been set in type.
  那处修正已经出现在铅字纸上。