set up

build, construct, found, erect, establish, set up

这些动词均有“建设，建立，建造”之意。
build: 普通用词，含义广泛，可指一切具体或抽象的建造或建立。
construct: 较正式用词，强调根据一定计划进行的规模较大，结构较复杂，要求较高技术的建造。
found: 侧重打下基础或创办，具体或抽象事物均可用。
erect: 侧重指对高而垂直物的建造。使用不如build广泛。
establish: 着重稳固地建成，可具体指国家、政府、学校或商店等的建立，也可指信仰、信用、名誉、法律、制度、规则等的建立。
set up: 作“建立”用时，侧重于“开始”。可指具体或抽象的建立。

名词 set up:

1. equipment designed to serve a specific function
   同义词：apparatus, setup
2. the way something is organized or arranged
   同义词：setup
3. an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
   同义词：frame-up, setup

动词 set up:

1. set up or found
   同义词：establish, found, launch
2. create by putting components or members together
   同义词：assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together
3. construct, build, or erect
   同义词：raise, erect, rear, put up
4. get ready for a particular purpose or event
   同义词：lay out, set
5. put into a proper or systematic order
   同义词：arrange
6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap
   同义词：ensnare, entrap, frame
8. produce
   同义词：effect, effectuate
9. set up for use
   同义词：install, instal, put in
10. place
    同义词：install, instal, establish
11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
    同义词：rig
12. erect and fasten
    同义词：pitch
13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
    同义词：arrange, put, order
14. equip with sails or masts
    同义词：rig, set
15. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
    同义词：fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set

形容词 set up:

1. well established and ready to function

1. A week in the country will set her up nicely after her operation.
   她手术後在郊外住上一个星期一定能复原。
2. A hot drink will soon set you up.
   你喝杯热饮料马上就精神了。
3. How long will it take to set up the projector?
   把这个放映机安放好需要多长时间?
4. The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.
   华尔街金融滑坡引起世界股票市场的连锁反应。
5. He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.
   他喜欢自命为知识分子。
6. A fund will be set up for the dead men's families.
   抚恤死难工人家属的基金会即将建立起来。
7. His father set him up as a bookseller.
   他父亲资助他做了书商。
8. Her father set her up in business.
   她父亲出钱帮她创业。