set a date for

基本解释

The negotiators promised to keep talking—but did not bother to set a date for further discussion.
谈判代表们承诺将继续对话但并未设定进一步讨论的日期。
Mr Obama and his advisers, at odds over strategy, dithered over allocating troops and, far worse, set a date for them to start their withdrawal 。
奥巴马先生和他的智囊团在战略上存在分歧，因此不仅在军队配置上，更糟糕的是在撤军时间表上，都举棋不定。奥巴马及其顾问在战略上存在分歧，因此不仅在军队部署方面举棋不定，更糟糕的是，他们竟然为开始从阿富汗撤军设定日期。
But more important, we won’t move until they set a date for withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.
但更重要的是，如果他们不定出从越南撤军的日期，我们就不会离开。

But they have not set a date for this and the United states says any future Palestinian state must be the fruit of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.
While the military has not publicly set a date for any major operation in the area, U.N.officials say some 80,000 civilians have fled the region in anticipation of a new offensive.
Given the difficulties ahead, the World Health Assembly approved a resolution to eradicate measles worldwide, but set no target date for achieving this goal.

But negotiators made little headway, other than agreeing to set a date for further discussions.
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