Setting

(noun.) the context and environment in which something is set; 'the perfect setting for a ghost story'.

(noun.) the physical position of something; 'he changed the setting on the thermostat'.

(noun.) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; 'you can't do that in a university setting'.

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• Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• My footman was at that instance setting off for my sister and Dr. Bain: and my good housekeeper was in tears. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It must be either publicly by setting the magistrate and coroner to work, or privately by questioning Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I've found a sov'rin' cure for that, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, setting down the glass. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I will leave your house without eating or drinking, or setting foot in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• If it ends in your setting the house on fire, Damme if I send for the engines, unless you ring the bell and order them first! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He studied the sp ecies in their natural setting, the habitat, and range, and habits, and food of the different varieties. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Keimer and I lived on a pretty good, familiar footing, and agreed tolerably well; for he suspected nothing of my setting up. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Collateral with the development of the printing press are three important branches of the art--stereotyping, paper making, and type setting. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Carez, a printer of Toul, who, in 1791, endeavoured to obtain casts in lead from a page of type, by allowing it to drop on the fused metal when it was in a state of setting. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He might'--here the little creature glanced back over her shoulder at the sky--'be setting the house on fire at this present moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When evening came on, and the last rays of the setting sun penetrated through the side windows, this hall looked like a veritable Faust laboratory. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• An immense building of glass, with all the properties and stage-settings of a regular theatre, is required. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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