send out . emit 发出（光亮等）

This lamp sends out a powerful beam．这种灯可发出强光。

 send out .  produce 长出（枝、叶）

Trees send out new shoots in spring．树木入春就长出新芽。

 send out .  dispatch 派遣；发送

He sends out many invitations．他发出了许多请柬。

The company sends out thousands of circulars every month．这家公司每月发出数以千计的通知。

send up . cause to go upward 使上升；提高；加大；发射

Any increase in production costs is bound to send up prices．生产成本一提高就必然引起物价上涨。

The climbers sent two men up to investigate the rockfall．登山者派两个人上去调查滚石情况。

The distressed ship sent up a flare．遇难的船向空中发出了闪光信号。

send up . destroy 毁坏

The terrorists sent the bridge up．恐怖分子炸毁了大桥。

send up . ridicule somebody or something esp．by imitating 讽刺性模仿

The play sends up the advertising industry．该剧是讽刺广告业的。

The students here love to send up the staff．这里的学生爱模仿教职员的动作取笑。

send up . sentence somebody to imprisonment判…入狱

Do you know that Milton was sent up for fifteen years? 你知道弥尔顿被判刑十五年吗?

send word . inform；notify 告知

He sent word to me that he would not be able to come．他通知我说，他不能来了。

Xiao Zhang has just sent word． She'll be a little late．小张带信来说，她可能会晚到一会儿。

serve as . work as 充当

Let those who can serve as teachers．能者为师。

It may serve as teaching material by negative example．它可以作反面教材。

 serve one's time . fulfil one's term 做满任期

He has served his time in the army．他已服役期满。

 serve one's time . spend one's time in prison for a crime 服刑

He served his time in prison．他在狱中服刑。

serve out . distribute 分发

The cook served out tins of food to all the mountaineers．炊事员把罐头食品分发给所有的登山队员。

serve somebody right . receive one's just punishment 罪有应得；活该

He failed his examination．It served him right because he had not studied．他考试不及格活该，因为他没有学习。

It serves you right to have lost your purse．You were always too care less about leaving it around．你丢了钱包活该，因为你总是粗心，到处乱放你的钱包。

 serve up . prepare and serve（as food）准备并端上（饭菜）；上菜

Father caught a trout and Mother served it up at dinner．爸爸捉了条鲑鱼，妈妈将它烧好后端上餐桌。

set upon . set on . attack 袭击

Tom was walking through the park when a gang of boys set on him．汤姆穿过公园时，一群男孩袭击了他。

We were set upon by a band of robbers. 我们遭到了一帮强盗的袭击。

set upon . set on . cause to attack 使袭击；唆使

Some boys want to steal melons but the farmer set his dog on them．有些男孩想偷瓜，那个农民就放出狗去咬他们。

set upon . set on . be determined on 决定

John is set on playing cricket for England．约翰已决定为英格兰打板球。

My wife is set on having that fur coat．我妻子一心想买那件皮大衣。

set about . begin 开始

Benjamin Franklin set about learning the printer's trade at an early age．本杰明·富兰克林早年就开始学习印刷术。

I'll set about preparing supper．我去做晚饭。

set about . attack 袭击

When I refused to give him money，he set about me with a stick．我不给他钱，他就用棍子打我。

They set about each other furiously．他们使劲地扭打起来。

set against . balance against something 用（某物）抵消

Certain business losses can be set against taxes．有些经营损失可以用来抵税。

set against . oppose something firmly 坚决反对

Mary's father was set against the marriage from the beginning．玛丽的父亲从一开始就坚决反对这桩婚事。

All those who set themselves against the people will come to no good end．一切与人民为敌的人，都没有好下场。

 set apart . reserve 留出；拨出

They decided to set a day apart for the work．他们决定拨出一天的时间来干这项工作。

 set apart . make somebody or something special or different from others 使突出；使…不平常

His intelligence set him apart from the other boys in his class．他的才华在班上的男孩中很突出。

Her bright red hair sets her apart from her sisters．她头发绯红，同姐妹们迥然不同。