中文意思 → 英语表达

“出发”
用英语怎么说?

set off

这是下面这段原文中的表达,其他语境可能有不同说法。

原文语境

On the morning of the storm, parents Jennie and Doug Getten received a surprisingly calm voicemail from a camp representative. They were told that their nine-year-old daughter, Ellen, was unaccounted for. At first, they thought it was just a minor administrative mistake because of the chaotic weather. They immediately set off on a four-hour drive toward the Hill Country. As they drove, they received texts from other worried parents and realized that the entire Bubble Inn cabin was missing. They were directed to gather at a local school, which soon became a gathering place of immense tension. Hundreds of anxious parents waited there as helicopters flew overhead. The atmosphere alternated between joyful reunions and silent horror as lists of rescued children were read aloud. For some families, the dread grew with every passing hour as they realized their children might not return.

在暴风雨发生的那个早上,家长詹妮和道格·盖腾收到了营地代表发来的一条语气异常平静的语音留言。他们被告知他们九岁的女儿艾伦下落不明。起初,他们以为这只是因为天气混乱而产生的一个微小的行政疏忽。他们立即出发,驱车四个小时前往丘陵地区。在开车时,他们收到了其他焦急家长的短信,并意识到整个“泡泡旅馆”木屋的营员都失踪了。他们被指引到当地一所学校集合,那里很快就变成了一个充满极度紧张的集合地。随着直升机在头顶飞过,数百名焦急的家长在外面等待。随着被营救孩子的名单被大声朗读,现场气氛在喜悦重逢与无声恐惧之间交替。对于一些家庭来说,随着他们意识到自己的孩子可能再也回不来,这种恐惧随着时间的推移而不断加深。

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