setback
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.
Đồng nghĩa: rebuff, reversal
- 2.
(broadly)(by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
- 3.
(US)The required distance between a structure and a road.
- 4.
(architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
Đồng nghĩa: stepback
- 5.
An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
- 6.
(archaic, possibly)(possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
- 7.
(archaic)A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
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set back. Compare drawback.