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

• He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.
  他称赞政府启动的经济改革。
• The spring-sowing time has set in.
  春播季节到来了。
• The story is set in the autumn of 1960.
  故事发生在1960年秋天。
• The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in
  伤口在溃烂，已经生了坏疽。
• Spring has set in.
  春天来到了。
• 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。
• Spring set in early this year.
  今年交春早。
• The correction had already been set in type.
  那处修正已经出现在铅字纸上。
• 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。
• The action is set in japan.
  事情发生在日本。