set aside

phrasal verb

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set something aside

to save or keep money, time, land, etc. for a particular purpose省出，留出（钱或时间）
- She tries to set aside some money every month.她每个月都尽量存点钱。
- The government has set aside thousands of acres of land as protected wilderness.政府已划出数千英亩土地作为受保护的荒野。
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to not consider something, because other things are more important暂时不考虑（或放一放） synonym disregard
- Let's set aside my personal feelings for now.目前咱们就不要顾及我的个人感情了。
(law法律) to officially state that a decision made by a court is not legally acceptable撤销（法院的判决）；宣布无效
- The verdict was set aside by the Appeal Court.上诉法庭驳回了那个裁决。

set-aside

noun

/ˈset əsaɪd/

[uncountable]

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a system in which the government pays farmers not to use some of their land for growing crops; the land that the farmers are paid not to use退耕补贴制度（由政府补贴，鼓励农民退耕部分耕地）；退耕地
- 750 acres of set-aside汤姆舒适地坐在桌子旁边。
- set-aside payments提存付款