Two years is the timescale he set himself to, in his words, 'put France back on its feet'.

用他的话来说，他给自己设定的期限是两年，要在两年内“将法国站稳脚步”。

Rocard set himself to reform public sector industry.

【set】罗卡尔开始着手改革国营工业部门。

He knew what the matter was, and set himself to right it.

他知道问题出在哪里，并下定决心要纠正它。

He seated himself at his desk, pulled over the lamp, for it was growing dark, and set himself to examine it.

他在办公桌前坐下， 因为天快黑了， 他把灯拉过来， 开始仔细检查。

After the War he set himself to discover the roots of anti-Semitism, tracing it back to the early history of the Church.

战后，他着手寻找反犹太主义的根源，将其追溯到教会的早期历史。

Setting himself to the task, he began a volume which he mentally knew as 'Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres: a Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity'.

他开始接受这项任务， 开始写一本他在心里称之为“圣米歇尔山和沙特尔：十三世纪统一研究” 的书。

This he made up into a bundle, and, tired as he was, he set himself to walk back through the mountains upon the track of the Avenging Angels.

他把烤熟的兽肉捆作一包。这时，他虽然疲惫已极，但是，仍然踏着这帮复仇天使的足迹，穿过大山，一步一步地走了回去。

All my thoughts were now bent upon getting to the speech of my lovely Nun. Theodore set himself to work, and for this time with better success.

我现在所有的心思都集中在我可爱的修女的演讲上。西奥多开始工作，这一次取得了更大的成功。

She was quite right, for the mischief-loving lad no sooner suspected a mystery than he set himself to find it out, and led Jo a trying life of it.

她说得很对，因为这个爱恶作剧的小伙子一怀疑是个谜，就下定决心要找出来，并让乔度过了一段艰难的生活。

Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him.

汤姆很快就下定决心要出去， 这可不是一件容易的事。但最后，就在他腾出空间把头伸出来的时候， 新的厄运降临在他身上。

And Bulstrode set himself to keep his intention separate from his desire. He inwardly declared that he intended to obey orders. Why should he have got into any argument about the validity of these orders?

Bulstrode 将自己的意图与愿望分开。他在心里宣布，他打算服从命令。他为什么要对这些命令的有效性进行任何争论？

The Edinburgh article finished, he set himself to work on a scheme for the North American Review. In England, Lord Robert Cecil had invented for the London Quarterly an annual review of politics which he called the " Session" .

爱丁堡的文章写完后，他开始着手为《北美评论》制定计划。在英国，罗伯特·塞西尔勋爵为《伦敦季刊》发明了一种年度政治评论，他称之为“会议”。