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英语“set sail”的音标_意思 _翻译_用法_例句10句

更新时间:2026-06-15 20:07:14   栏目: 教育

set sail 是英语中表示“启航;扬帆起航”的固定短语,指船只升起风帆开始航行,也可比喻人生或事业的新阶段启程。其英式和美式音标均为 [set seɪl] 。作为不及物动词短语,它通常不接宾语,若需指明目的地,可后接介词 for,如“set sail for New York”(启航前往纽约)。

用法与搭配

基本结构:直接用于句中表示“起航”,主语通常为船只或航行者

The ship set sail at dawn.(船在黎明时启航。)

接目的地:用 for + 地点 表示“启航前往某地”

They set sail for Japan at high tide.(他们趁涨潮时起航去日本。)

比喻用法:指人生、事业等“开始新阶段”

After graduation, we set sail for our future.(毕业后,我们启航奔向未来。)

例句

克里斯托弗·哥伦布乘“圣玛丽亚号”启航前往新大陆。
Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World in the Santa Maria.

船启航后10天,撞到冰山上沉没了。
The ship ran into an iceberg and sank 10 days after she set sail.

我们应该趁天气还好,尽快扬帆启航。
We should set sail soon, while the weather is still favorable.

舰队司令下令舰队开航。
The Admiral issued a command for the fleet to set sail.

高考结束后,我们将告别彼此并启航驶向未知的未来。
After the College Entrance Examination, we will bid farewell to each other and set sail for an unknown future.

他给自己的船装上另一批货后便启航了。
He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.

顺风一起他们就扬帆出航了。
They set sail with the first fair wind.

我们在涨潮时起航前往法国。
We set sail (for France) at high tide.

近岸停泊的那艘船将于明日起航。
The ship riding close to shore will set sail tomorrow.

15世纪初,一支浩浩荡荡的船队从南京启航。
Early in the 15th century, a huge fleet of ships set sail from Nanjing.

短语搭配

set sail from + 地点:从某地启航

We set sail from China for Japan.(我们从中国启航驶往日本。)

with + 条件:在特定条件下启航

They set sail with the first fair wind.(顺风一起他们就扬帆出航了。)

与时间/天气搭配

set sail at dawn(黎明启航)、set sail in favorable weather(趁好天气启航)

这个短语源于航海场景,如今也常用于鼓励他人开启新征程,如谚语“As the wind blows you must set your sail”(风起时,你须启航)。无论是描述历史航行、现实海运,还是比喻人生新阶段,set sail 都能简洁传达“扬帆启程”的动态感。