【句子】Someone had set my ex's car on fire.  【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/ˈsʌm.wʌn/ /hæd/ /set/ /maɪ/ /eksɪz/ /kɑː(r)/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /faɪə(r)/

【发音技巧】had set不完全爆破；set my不完全爆破；

【翻译】有人纵火烧了我前夫的车。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下英文中set sth. on fire的用法。

这个短语可以表示：“把……点着；放火烧某个东西”；

make something start burning because you want to destroy or damage it

口语中我们也可以说set fire to sth. 也是一样的意思；

eg: Three youths were accused of setting the house on fire.

三个年轻人被指控点火烧了那个房子。

eg: Demonstrators had set fire to vehicles and equipment.

示威者放火烧了车辆和设备。

eg: He was caught setting the records on fire to hide the evidence from prosecutors.

他被发现为了隐瞒指控证据而纵火。

eg: A candle had set the curtains on fire.

一支蜡烛点燃了窗帘。

eg: A group of teenagers had set fire to an old truck.

一群青少年把一辆旧卡车点燃了。

eg: Lightning set several buildings on fire.

闪电把一些建筑物点燃了。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

他们在森林野餐的时候，不小心把树点燃了。