请问一道英语选择题Hetounderstandwhytheplanhadfailed.A.setoutB.setaboutC.setofD.setup

Question

请问一道英语选择题
He _________ to understand why the plan had failed.
A.set out B.set about C.set of D.set up

Answer 1

答：A
译：不译了,谬题,一会评.
析：考set out to do sth.和set about doing sth.的区别.
记法：about是介词,后跟动名词短语.
评：set out to do sth.和set about doing sth.都有“着手去做某事”的意思,便前者跟不定式,后者跟动名词,容易记错,为考官所爱.用我的方法理解区别记忆就可以了.
但这个understand用得不好,因为“理解”是心理活动,不需要加上什么“着手”去理解.汉语也是有语病的!
不会出题者,给你两道题：
1． They _____ to examine the ship．
A．set out B．set about C.set aside D．set off
3.(07海南调研)
China’s first train from Beijing to Tibet ______ on Saturday carrying business travelers on the world’s highest railway.
A.set out B.set about C.set down D.set up
答案 A
这里是“动身,出发”,不及物.
出题者本意是：他开始明白了.,那用began就可以了,为出考题用set out/about...
其实用词不当,造出了谬题句.
虽然set out有begin,start的解释,但是,不是什么情况下都可能用set out来代替begin的,这里就不妥,因为
2.to start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result
set out to do something
salesmen who deliberately set out to defraud customers
set out本身有动身,出发的意思.是要采取行动的,而understand,是心理活动,不必set,更不必out,你就坐在那儿,用心,用mind就可以understand的!
所以说,有的出题者,自己都不理解,还要考别人,出的谬题句,实在是误人!