Setback的意思|Setback的解释-里氏词典

setback ['setbæk]

n. 挫折, 退步, 逆流

setback

[ noun ]
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
<noun.event>

Setback \Set"back`\ (s[e^]t"b[a^]k`), n.
1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4.

2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]

3. A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a
backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]

Critics said the homosexuality measure, known as Clause 28, was a setback for gay rights in Britain and a swing toward authoritanian rule by Mrs. Thatcher and her government.
"It was a setback for our party as far as our original goal was concerned," said Lee, who also chairs the Nationalist Party.
"The overnight setback on Wall Street and the weaker dollar, coupled with profit taking, brought share prices sharply lower during early trading," said Taketomi Kikuchi of Sanyo Securites.
Other unions will doubtless follow suit, as they did last week when they walked out of a national negotiating meeting at the Justice Ministry. After last week's setback, the French government has been trying to break the dispute area by area.
That came as a setback to some faint hopes in the financial world that the Federal Reserve might take the employment data as a cue to relax its credit policy further.
The stock market suffered a broad setback today, faced with a rise in interest rates and economic uncertainties.
It also was the first serious political setback for Roh since he took office on Feb. 25 with a narrow victory in December's presidential elections.
For Ayer, which was the nation's 15th-largest ad agency in 1986 according to Advertising Age, the account helps make up for a recent setback.
Tuesday's action was the latest setback in the district attorney's prosecution of Vines, who had been police chief for two years.
But a further setback for monetary union would see those gains consolidated.
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita was jolted by a new setback in Japan's stock-profiteering scandal hours after he promised reform measures in a nationally televised news conference Wednesday.
The Supreme Court, in a setback for Congress, let stand a federal appeals court's ruling that legislators may be sued for libel for statements made outside their legislative role.
"It simply isn't a major setback.
But the Italian family's ambitions in the European food industry have suffered an embarrassing setback. Arguably the eminence grise of the whole affair is BSN, which stands to gain the Volvic brand as its price for helping to deliver Perrier to Nestle.
The group's Globex system is about to undergo trials. Wellcome setback Concern over the the proposed dilution of Wellcome shares saw the pharmaceutical group tumble in turnover of 4.1m.
The victory appeared to be a setback for King Hussein, who had appealed to voters to separate religion from politics.
In a setback for the talks' timetable, Solidarity spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz announced Wednesday there was no hope of concluding an agreement before the Easter holidays.
NASA suffered another setback Thursday when a toppled beam was found inside the space shuttle Atlantis, but the countdown continued for the scheduled weekend launch of Discovery.
They say the group is a setback in efforts to deregulate the economy.
The resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze means a further setback for reforms.
The company cited the recent stock market crash as a major setback to the plan.
Analysts say rail issues face a potential setback next year if Congress decides to re-regulate railroads, whose fortunes have improved since the industry was partly deregulated in 1980.
The four represent groups whose support is pivotal to the nomination's success, and the trend threatens Reagan with a severe political setback.
Doctors said her setback was caused by the strain of meeting dignitaries who demanded to see her.
The state Supreme Court dealt a multimillion-dollar setback to businesses and insurers today, ruling that the 1986 "deep pockets" initiative, which limited damages for pain and suffering, did not apply to cases pending when the measure passed.
Such an outcome would be a setback to Procordia's long-term plans. But Mr Jan Ekberg, the company's newly appointed chief executive, insists: 'If we run Procordia in a professional manner, Volvo will support it and be satisfied.
Retail sales fell 0.6 percent in April, the first setback in six months.
But his conservative partner, the People's Party, suffered the worst electoral setback of its 45-year history.
He said it was not a setback.
Failure to strike a deal by Saturday would not necessarily be a major setback.

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