The shepherd set out to look for the sheep that had wandered (away). 牧羊人出發(fā)去找走失的羊。
She set out to break the world land speed record. 她決心要打破陸上速度的世界紀錄
He set out to conquer the literary world of london. 他決心贏(yíng)得倫敦文學(xué)界的贊譽(yù)。
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to sent them. 這位記者立即著(zhù)手去獲取這些重要的數據，可是他花了很長(cháng)時(shí)間才寄來(lái)。
After1949, with the help of the government, the peasants set out to change this picture. 1949年之后，在政府的幫助下，農民開(kāi)始著(zhù)手改變這一局面。
They succeeded in what they set out to do. 他們打算做的事已經(jīng)做成了。
