看美剧学英语高频短语：Set someone up

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Set someone up: To deceive someone so that they fall victim to something or To make it look like someone is guilty of some crime or wrongdoing（陷害某人，诬陷某人，栽赃某人）

中文释义：Set up 这个词组常见意思是安装（They set up the sound system last night. 他们昨晚安装了音响系统）、建立（They set up a new charity for the homeless.他们为流浪者建立了一个新的基金会）等，一般是set up sth/set sth up。但是这个动词词组的宾语也可以是人，此时可以用来表示设局陷害。另外引申： frame sb. for sth“陷害某人某事”； plant sth. on sb“把某事栽赃给某人”。