set out
【读音】：英 [set aut] 美 [sɛt aʊt]
【释义】：出发;着手;动身;安排
【例句】:
When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
每次出发远行，都要穿合适的鞋子。
He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago
他已经实现了他3年前的奋斗目标。
Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
铺上网眼垫纸，将蛋糕摆得诱人些。
He has written a letter to The Times setting out his views
他已经给《泰晤士报》去信阐明自己的观点。
We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
start off
【读音】：英 [stɑ:t ɔf] 美 [stɑrt ɔf]
【释义】：出发;开始旅行;以…开始;迅速跑开
【例句】:
She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her
她先是指控他勒索，但他几乎不理睬她。
Her mother started her off acting in children's theatre.
她母亲先是让她在儿童剧院里演出。
He became more aware of the things that started that tension off
他越来越清楚地认识到引起紧张局势的原因。
Joe Loss started off playing piano background music for silent films in the 1920s.
乔·洛斯先是于20世纪20年代为无声电影弹奏钢琴背景音乐。
proceed from
【读音】：英 [prəˈsi:d frɔm] 美 [proˈsid frʌm]
【释义】：出发;着手;动身;安排
【例句】:
His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.
他讲课总是由近及远，由浅入深。
They will proceed from China's reality, advance step by step orderly, and follow a legal track.
改革和重组将从中国实际出发，分步骤有序推进；改革和重组将尽可能纳入法制化轨道。
So I design the storefront and interior of the military store proceed from camouflage element.
于是我从迷彩这个元素出发对军品店的店面和室内进行设计。
In the service industry, we proceed from the central area, one to develop tourism services.
在服务业发展上，我们从中心区出发，一是大力发展旅游服务业。
To accomplish modernization of a Chinese type, we must proceed from china's special characteristics.
中国式的现代化，必须从中国的特点出发。
depart
【读音】：英 [dɪˈpɑ:t] 美 [dɪˈpɑ:rt]
【释义】：v.离开，出发;去世;离职;脱轨
第三人称单数： departs 现在分词： departing 过去式： departed 过去分词： departed
【例句】:
Our tour departs from Heathrow Airport on 31 March and returns 16 April
我们这次旅行于3月31号从希思罗机场出发，4月16号返回。
Why is it in this country that we have departed from good educational sense?
为什么在这个国家我们背离了教育上明智的选择？
Lipton is planning to depart from the company he founded.
利普顿打算离开他创立的那家公司。
He departed this world with a sense of having fulfilled his destiny.
他带着一种已完成使命的满足感离开了这个世界。
In the morning Mr McDonald departed for Sydney
start from
【读音】：英 [stɑ:t frɔm] 美 [stɑrt frʌm]
【释义】：出发;从…开始;出于
【例句】:
Hong Kong's manufacturing industry did not start from scratch in the post-warperiod.
战后，香港制造业的兴起并非从零开始。
The great railway lines of England all start from London.
英国的铁路干线都以伦敦为起点。
We must always start from the local physical conditions.
我们做事不能脱离地情。
He would have to start from scratch all over again.
他得重打锣鼓另开张，打头来！
Once again, he would have to start from scratch.
又一次，他要白手起家了。