set out的近义词有：depart, leave, go, start, quit, set out。下面这些动词均含"离开某处"的含义：depart：较正式用词，指经过周密考虑或郑重地离开，强调离开的起点。leave：侧重出发地而不是目的地。go：一般用词，指从所在地到其它地方去，着重目的地而非出发地。start：可与leave换用，强调目的地，但不及leave普通。quit：侧重指离开令人烦恼的地方，或摆脱使人不快的人或事。se...
His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.如果把他的一生描述成不惜任何代价一心想向上爬，那就错了。It was a tough course over a gradual ascen...