set

英式音标：[set]

美式音标：[sɛt]

词语分类：CET4,TEM4,IELTS,考研,CET6

词汇分类：第一滴血First Blood,《绝望的主妇》(Desperate Housewives) 全八季词频大全,机器人总动员 WALL·E,复仇者联盟2：奥创纪元 Avengers: Age of Ultron,星际穿越 Interstellar,终结者2（Terminator 2: Judgment Day）

概况：

n. [数] 集合；一套；布景；[机] 装置

vt. 树立；点燃；点缀；

vi. (日,月)落沉；凝固；结果

adj. 固定的；规定的；固执的

n. (Set)人名；(瑞典)塞特；(俄)谢特

词义：

vt.

放置，安置；使处于某种状况；设置；摆放餐具

vi.

落山；出发；凝结；

n.

一套，一副；集合；布景；电视机

adj.

固定的；位于…的；顽固的；安排好的

变形

复数：sets过去式：set过去分词：set现在分词：setting第三人称单数：sets

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 放,搁置 put sth somewhere; fix; arrange

vi. (日、月等)落,下沉 (sun, moon etc.) go down from the sky

vi. (植物)结子,结果 (of plants) form and develop seed or fruit

n.(名词)

[C] (一)套,(一)副 a group of similar things that belong together in some way

[U] 装置,机组 device for receiving radio or television signals

adj.(形容词)

固定的 arranged in advance or settled

不变的 fixed and unchanging

英英释义

set[ set ]

n.

a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

"a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

"the set of prime numbers is infinite"

several exercises intended to be done in series

"he did four sets of the incline bench press"

同义词：exercise set

representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production

"the sets were meticulously authentic"

同义词：stage set

an unofficial association of people or groups

"the smart set goes there"

同义词：circlebandlot

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

"the set of his mind was obvious"

同义词：bent

the act of putting something in position

"he gave a final set to his hat"

a unit of play in tennis or squash

"they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

"he tested the set of the glue"

同义词：hardeningsolidifyingsolidificationcuring

evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

同义词：Seth

the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon

"before the set of sun"

(psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

"the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set"

同义词：readiness

any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals

"the early sets ran on storage batteries"

v.

put into a certain place or abstract location

同义词：putplaceposepositionlay

fix conclusively or authoritatively

"set the rules"

同义词：determine

decide upon or fix definitely

同义词：specifydeterminefixlimit

establish as the highest level or best performance

"set a record"

同义词：mark

put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state

"set the house afire"

fix in a border

"The goldsmith set the diamond"

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

同义词：fixprepareset upreadygear up

set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

"set clocks or instruments"

locate

"The film is set in Africa"

同义词：localizelocaliseplace

disappear beyond the horizon

"the sun sets early these days"

同义词：go downgo under

adapt for performance in a different way

"set this poem to music"

同义词：arrange

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

同义词：plant

apply or start

"set fire to a building"

become gelatinous

同义词：jellcongeal

set in type

"My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics"

同义词：typeset

put into a position that will restore a normal state

"set a broken bone"

insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

同义词：countersink

give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

urge a dog to attack someone

同义词：sic

estimate

同义词：placeput

equip with sails or masts

同义词：rigset up

get ready for a particular purpose or event

"set up an experiment"; "set the table"

同义词：set uplay out

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

同义词：adjustcorrect

bear fruit

同义词：fructify

arrange attractively

同义词：dressarrangedocoifcoiffecoiffure

adj.

(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

"we are set to go at any time"

同义词：fit(p)primed(p)

fixed and unmoving

"with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"

同义词：fixedrigid

situated in a particular spot or position

"a house set on a hilltop"

同义词：locatedplacedsituated

set down according to a plan:

"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"

同义词：laid

being below the horizon

"the moon is set"

determined or decided upon as by an authority

"the time set for the launching"

同义词：determineddictated

converted to solid form (as concrete)

同义词：hardened

用法：

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

set a broken leg接合断腿

set a date定日期

set a match点火

set a new record创造新纪录

set a pot放置锅

set a price标价

set a rule制定规则

set a test布置考试

set a trap设圈套

set a watch布置哨兵

set a wedding day定下结婚的日子

set an example树立榜样

set duty布置任务

set fire点火

set hat戴好帽子

set homework布置家庭作业

set house整理屋子

set problems布置题目

set rules立规矩

set sb's watch对表

set seedlings植苗

set seeds下种

set the alarm定闹钟

set the clock调好钟

set the controls调整,控制

set the fashion创新样式

set the goal确定目标

set the last week in April定在四月的最后一周

set the pupils problems给学生布置题目

set the questions布置考题

set the room收拾房子

set the selling prices定售价

set the stage设置舞台布景

set the table摆好桌子

set trap设陷阱

set work布置工作

～+副词

set ablaze起火

set adrift使…逐流

set ahead向前拨

set ashore使…登岸

set forward提出,促进,把(钟)拨快

set forward the clock把时钟往前拨

set homeward朝回家的方向走

set awkwardly笨拙地装置

set calmly沉着地放置

set coquettishly卖弄风情地做样子

set cunningly巧妙地放置

set deliberately故意地放置

set firmly牢固地装好

set grimly严厉地规定

set heavily沉沉地落下

set illogically不合理地放

set ingeniously巧妙地装好

set intelligently聪明地放置

set intuitively凭直觉装好

set partially局部装好

set probably适当地放置

set quickly凝固得快

set rapidly迅速进入某种状态

set resolutely坚决地规定

set simultaneously同时放置

set slowly慢慢地进入某种状态

set temporarily暂时放置

set about开始,着手

set apart留出

set aside放在一边

set back拨回(钟表),使退步,使挫折,阻碍

set back the clock把时钟往回拨

set back the programme阻碍计划实施

set by搁在一旁

set down放下,卸下,记下,制定

set down a load放下担子

set forth出发,提出

set forth one's views阐述己见

set in流行,确立,走进

set in one's attitude about抱定自己对…的态度

set off动身,出发,引起,爆炸

set on唆使

set out动身,布置,提出,开辟

set out a garden设计花园的布局

set to开始努力干

set up建立,提出,贴出,引起,使振作

set up a factory建立工厂

set up a loud cry大声叫喊

set up a new theory提出新的理论

～+介词

set about开始,着手,乱打(人)

set about cleaning the classroom开始打扫教室

set about learning English开始学习英语

set above将…置于…之上

set against使靠在…上,使与…对立

set a ladder against a wall把扶梯靠在墙上

set brother against brother使兄弟之间不和

set oneself against the people与人民为敌

set at sb袭击〔攻击、抨击〕某人

set before把…置于…之前

set for为…而安排

set a date for a conference决定会议日期

set a place for a guest为客人安排位置

set a date for a wedding为婚礼定下日期

set the papers for an examination出试题

set the table for dinner在桌上摆设餐具准备开饭

set a piece of music for the violin为小提琴编曲

set a diamond in a ring在戒指上嵌钻石

set flowers in a vase把花插在花瓶里

set the machines in motion开动机器

set sb in the way指点某人路途

set the targets of production定生产指标

set eyes on凝视(某人)

set sights on凝视某物,渴求(某物)

set a price on an article为物品标价

set one's hope on becoming a flyer渴望成为飞行员

set the wheel on the axle把轮子装在轴上

set one's heart on the common good一心为公

set eyes on the green hill望见翠绿的小山

set the lamp on the table将台灯放在桌上

set a match to a pile of dead leaves擦火柴点燃一堆枯树叶

set a poem to music为诗配曲

set a receiver to the ear把听筒放到耳边

set fire to the enemy's ammunition dump放火烧敌人的弹药库

set with为…提供

set the top of a wall with broken glass在墙头上嵌碎玻璃

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

accumulate set积累成批

acquire set获得一套

break (up) a set拆散一套

classify in set按系列分类

collect set采集种子

compile set编纂成套

complete set使成一套

compose set构成一付

consort in set配成套

constitute set组成一套

create set制成一套

cut set裁成一套

dispose of set处理掉一系列…

dissolve set拆散团体

divide set共分一套

effect set产生一系列

employ set使用整套

form set形成一套

fuse set使成批熔合

lose a set输一盘球

make (up) a set配成一套

play a set打一盘球

procure set购买一套

sort into set分成一套一套

strike a set拆除布景

supply set提供成套

weld set焊接成一套

win a set赢一盘球

形容词+～

academic set学术界

artistic set艺术布景

basic set基本格式

best set最优秀的一批

cold set冷凝固

complete set完整的一套

deplorable set可悲的一群

fair set一大套

fast set享乐阶层

intelligent set一批智者

literary set一批文学爱好者

military set军事布置

musical set一群爱好音乐的人

new set新的一套

poisonous set一群恶徒

prosaic set平凡的装置

shiftless set一群无聊的人

smart set最时髦的人

social set社会集团

the fast set不务正业之流

uncut set一套毛边(书)

unreasonable set一群不讲理的人

unwelcome set一群不受欢迎的人

wireless set无线电收音机

名词+～

bedroom set一套卧室家具

bicycling set一伙喜欢骑自行车的人

brawling set一伙喧嚷的人

carpentry set一批木器

chemistry set一套化学用具

chess set一副国际象棋

command set(装在飞机上的)指挥无线电台

desk set一套办公用具

dinner set一套餐具

dresser set梳妆用具

gambling set一群赌徒

golfing set爱好高尔夫球的一伙人

hard-drinking set一伙酒徒

high-school set一群中学生

literary set爱好文学的一伙人

onion set洋葱块茎

racing set爱好赛马的一伙人

radar set雷达装置

radio set收音机

sending set发射机,发送机

shaving set一套修面用具

stage set舞台装置

table set成套餐具

tea set成套茶具

teen-age set一批十几岁的孩子

TV set电视机

toilet set卫生间里的装备

transistor set晶体管收音机

wall telephone set壁挂式电话机

～+介词

a set of一副,一套,一群

a set of carpenter's tools一套木工工具

a set of circumstances一组情况

a set of cups一套杯子

a set of dishes一套碟子

a set of equipment一套设备

a set of false teeth一副假牙

a set of finger-prints一组指纹

a set of gardening tools一套园艺工具

a set of Mark Twain's short stories一套马克·吐温的短篇小说集

a set of problems一大批问题

a set of rules一套规则

a set of saucers一套茶具

a set of six dining chairs六把一套的餐椅

a set of stairs一组楼梯

a set of the tide潮水的方向

the set of a hat帽子的样式

the set of a person's shoulders某人肩部的形状

the set of the coat上装的款式

the set of the hills丘陵的形状

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

set battle对阵战

set form固定的格式

set frown皱紧眉头

set hours既定的钟点

set phrase固定的短语

set policy既定方针

set purpose预定的目标

set rains连绵不断的雨

set smile面带假笑

set speech事先准备好的演讲

set subjects规定的主题

set stare凝视

set time固定时间

set wage固定工资

～+介词

set in one's way一成不变

词组短语

set up v. 建立；装配；开业；竖立

a set of一套；一组；一副

set out出发；开始；陈述；陈列

complete set整套；[计]成套机组；完全集

set in vi. 开始；到来；流行

set forth陈述，提出；出发；陈列；宣布

set off v. 出发；引起；动身；使爆炸；抵销；分开

set by把…留开

a complete set of一整套

form a complete set配套

set theory集合论

set on唆使；开始；攻击

full set全套，全组

full set of全套；一整套

set up for自以为；自命为；为…做准备

whole set成套；全套装置

data set数据集；数传机

one set一盘

tv set n. 电视机

all set准备就绪，都安排好了

同近义词辨析

put, set, lay, place

这组词都有“放”的意思，其区别是：

put普通用词，含义较广泛。指把人或物置于某处，并将其留在该处。

set普通用词，指为了某种目的而将人或物放在一定位置上。指物是多指立着放。

lay指小心地把人或物平放或横放，侧重动作安稳。

place较正式用词，指把某物放在一个正确的位置上，侧重动作的正确。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

He set aside the book and lit a cigarette.
他把书放置在一边,点燃了香烟。

How do we set the enrollment criteria?
我们如何设定录取标准?

We have set the date for the wedding.
我们已经确定了婚期。

We set a limit on the expenses of the trip.
我们规定了这次旅游的费用。

These instruments have been finely set.
这些仪器是经过精密调整的。

The manager set various tasks to the clerks.
经理向职员们分配各项任务。

I saw the sun set down inch by inch in the courtyard.
我在院子里看到太阳慢慢地落下去。

She had the sapphire set in a gold ring.
她把那枚蓝宝石镶在金戒指上了。

pig sty
猪圈

用作名词(n.)

It may be a very simple or complicated set of instructions.
这个指令的集合可能非常简单，也可能十分复杂。

The set of types is the combined set from the two properties.
该类型集是两个属性的组合集。

The sun has rise and set.
太阳总要有日出日落的。

I received a set of gardening tools on my birthday.
生日那天，我收到一套园艺工具。

She has a set of false teeth.
她有一副假牙。

How many points is the winner to get before one set ends?
要取得多少分才能算赢一局?

The cast must all be on the set by 7 in the moring.
全体演员必须在早上7点钟到场。

She admired the firm set of his jaw.
她喜欢他那副紧绷着下巴的刚毅神态。

用作形容词(adj.)

Please follow the set procedures when you use this product.
使用该产品时请遵循规定的步骤。

There is no set time limit on this.
这个没有固定的时间限制。

He is old and stubborn and set in his ways.
他年老气衰,固执己见,做事方式一成不变。

Are you set for the party tonight?
你准备好了参加今天晚上的宴会吗？

As people get older, they get set in their ways.
随着年龄的增长，人就积习成性。

His face took on a set expression.
他脸上现出凝滞的神态。

权威例句

PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses.

Patterns in Hydrogen Bonding: Functionality and Graph Set Analysis in Crystals

The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates - The New Coronal Set, Fifth Edition

ChemInform Abstract: Pattern in Hydrogen Bonding: Functionality and Graph Set Analysis in Crystals

The SimpleScalar tool set, version 2.0

An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest

A threshold of ln n for approximating set cover

A threshold of ln n for approximating set cover (preliminary version)

A New Data Set Measuring Income Inequality

Point-set topological spatial relations

同义词：wrongheaded,unmovable,unit,trends,trending,trend,tissue,tide,thwart,terminate,tendency,tendence,tenacious,strong-willed,stipulated,stationary,stated,specified,solidify,settled,seated,result,regulation,rear,put,prescriptive,prescript,prescribed,persistent,

同根词：setter,set

英语词源：

set

set: English has two words set. The verb [OE] is simply the causative version of sit. That is to say, etymologically it means ‘cause to sit’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *satjan (source also of German setzen, Dutch zetten, Swedish sätta, and Danish sætte), which was a causative variant of *setjan, ancestor of English sit. Set ‘group’ [14] is essentially the same word as sect.It comes via Old French sette from Latin secta, source of English sect. It originally meant strictly a ‘group of people’, and its far broader modern application, which emerged in the 16th century, is no doubt due to association with the verb set and the notion of ‘setting’ things together.=> sit; sect

set (v.)

Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cognates: Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also see set (n.2). Intransitive sense from c. 1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c. 1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c. 1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.

set (adj.)

"fixed," c. 1200, sett, past participle of setten "to set" (see set (v.)). Meaning "ready, prepared" first recorded 1844.

set (n.1)

"collection of things," mid-15c., from Old French sette "sequence," variant of secte "religious community," from Medieval Latin secta "retinue," from Latin secta "a following" (see sect). "[I]n subsequent developments of meaning influenced by SET v.1 and apprehended as equivalent to 'number set together'" [OED]. The noun set was in Middle English, but only in the sense of "religious sect" (late 14c.), which likely is the direct source of some modern meanings, such as "group of persons with shared status, habits, etc." (1680s). Meaning "complete collection of pieces" is from 1680s. Meaning "group of pieces musicians perform at a club during 45 minutes" (more or less) is from c. 1925, though it is found in a similar sense in 1580s. Set piece is from 1846 as "grouping of people in a work of visual art;" from 1932 in reference to literary works.

set (n.2)

"act of setting; condition of being set" (of a heavenly body), mid-14c., from set (v.) or its identical past participle. Many disparate senses collect under this word because of the far-flung meanings assigned to the verb: "Action of hardening," 1837; also "manner or position in which something is set" (1530s), hence "general movement, direction, tendency" (1560s); "build, form" (1610s), hence "bearing, carriage" (1855); "action of fixing the hair in a particular style" (1933). "Something that has been set" (1510s), hence the use in tennis (1570s) and the theatrical meaning "scenery for an individual scene in a play, etc.," recorded from 1859. Other meanings OED groups under "miscellaneous technical senses" include "piece of electrical apparatus" (1891, first in telegraphy); "burrow of a badger" (1898). Old English had set "seat," in plural "camp; stable," but OED finds it "doubtful whether this survived beyond OE." Compare set (n.1). Set (n.1) and set (n.2) are not always distinguished in dictionaries; OED has them as two entries, Century Dictionary as one. The difference of opinion seems to be whether the set meaning "group, grouping" (here (n.2)) is a borrowing of the unrelated French word that sounds like the native English one, or a borrowing of the sense only, which was absorbed into the English word.

Set

Egyptian god, from Greek Seth, from Egyptian Setesh.

造句：

1. This one completes the set.

加上这一件就凑成全套了。

《新英汉大辞典》

2. He had to break the set to sell us the three blue ones we wanted.

他只好拆散一套，把我们想要的那三个蓝色的卖给我们。

《21世纪大英汉词典》

3. In 1991 the government set quality standards for the entire industry.

1991年，政府给整个工业规定了质量标准。

《新英汉大辞典》

4. The concrete will set after a certain time.

过一段时间之后，混凝土就会硬化。

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5. Our teacher set us a stiff test in English.

老师对我们进行了很难的英语测验。

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6. It was raining when we set out.

我们出发时正下着雨。

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7. There is some artware set out in the room.

房子里陈设着几件工艺品。

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8. No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance.

以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。

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9. They plan to put the animals through a new set of tricks.

他们计划使那些动物掌握一套新的表演技术。

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10. This theatre is set up for children.

这座剧院是为儿童设置的。

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11. Who set him on to do this piece of mischief?

是谁唆使他去做这件害人的事？

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12. Set my case over the shelves.

把我的箱子放在架子上。

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13. I will set your report before the board.

我将把你的报告提交董事会考虑。

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14. He set his face against the scheme from the first.

从一开始他就坚决反对这项计划。

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15. We set sail from China for Japan.

我们从中国启航驶往日本。

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16. He set us an example of plain living.

他为我们树立了简朴生活的榜样。

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17. You must set apart some money for the future.

你必须留出一些钱来以备将来之用。

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18. I set about reading the book at one go.

我曾试图一口气把这本书看完。

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19. His character is set.

他的性格已定型。

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20. Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure.

任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。

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21. Compare this new TV set with the old one, you will see which is better.

将这台新电视机与旧电视机一比，你就会看出哪一台更好一些。

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22. The salesgirl said she would replace the TV set if we were not satisfied.

女售货员说如果我们对这台电视机不满意，她可以给换一台。

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23. We may live without a TV set.

没有电视机我们也能活下去。

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24. That last set of tennis did her.

最后一盘网球赛使她疲惫不堪。

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25. No one can set beside him.

没有人能和他相比。

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26. We set them two tricks at four spades.

我们使他们的四黑桃定约宕了两墩。

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27. He set up shop last week.

他在上个星期就开业了。

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28. This set him thinking on the matter.

这使他思考这件事情。

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29. The doctor set my dislocated arm back.

医生把我脱臼的胳臂复原了。

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30. He disembowelled the television set.

他拆取电视机的零件。

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31. not “How can I set the shading of this cell to 100%?”

而不是“我怎样把这个单元格设置成100%的底纹？”

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32. Users often need to enter detailed information into a set of forms on a page.

用户经常需要在网页的一系列表单中输入详细信息。

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33. Avoid a fixed set of questions

【避免一组固定的问题】

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34. By now, your personas should feel very much like a set of real people whom you know. The final step in persona construction finishes the process of turning your qualitative research into a powerful set of design tools.

到目前为止，你应该感觉到你的人物角色看起来非常像你所认识的真实的人，人物角色构造的最后一步完成了将你的定性研究变为强有力的设计工具的过程。

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35. Although a program’s minimal working set is almost certainly part of each user’s full working set, individual user preferences and job requirements will dictate which additional features are included.

尽管程序的最小工作集几乎都是每个用户完整工作集的一部分，但是个人喜好和工作需求则要求其涵盖更多的附加内容。

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36. This minimal working set can be determined via Goal-Directed Design methods: by using scenarios to discover the functional needs of your personas. These needs translate directly to the contents of the minimal working set.

这个最小工作集可以通过目标导向的设计方法确定，即利用场景剧本来发现你的人物角色所需要的功能，之后可以将这些需要直接转化成最小工作集的内容。

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37. More precisely, the efficiencies break down when the quantity of tools in a user’s working set gets too large. A working set of more than a handful of modal tools tends to get hard to manage.

更确切地说，当用户工作时，使用工具的数量太多将会影响工作效率，超过5个模态工具就常常难以管理。

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38. Without altering the selection, you then set the background color to black.

在没有改变选择的情况下，又将背景颜色设置成黑色。

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39. Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior.

一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄，导致滚屏的行为变幻无常，令人沮丧。

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40. These primitives can build a larger set of simple compounds, which in turn can be assembled into a wide variety of complex, domain-specific idioms, all of which are based on the same small set of easily learned actions.

这些原语构成大量简单的组合词，进而能组合成多种复杂的特殊领域的习惯用法，所有这些都以同样几个易于学习的动作为基础。

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