So, Professor Buffenstein set out to test the theory.巴夫斯丁教授开始设计实验证实该理论
set out:出发;开始;打算
They set out on the last stage of their journey.
他们开始了旅行的最后一程。
They succeeded in what they set out to do.
他们打算做的事已经做成了。
things didn't pan out as expected.结果并不是如她所料
pan out:结果;成功
I thought it was a good idea, but I don't think it will pan out.
我原以为这个想法很好,但现在我认为它行不通。
We hope things will pan out as we expect.
我们希望事情的结果正如所料。
pan的语法:
1.pan的基本意思是“平底锅”,指圆形金属容器,通常有长柄、有盖,主要用于做饭菜,是可数名词。pan也可作“盘状器皿”“天平的托盘”解。
2.pan还可指“一锅之量”。