set piece
scene in a novel, film, play, etc arranged in a fixed or typical pattern or style (小说、 电影、 戏剧等中)以固定模式或风格安排的场景
The play contains a number of typical Stoppard set pieces. 这出戏里有若干典型的斯托帕特式的场景.
We want to strengthen our ties with the United States.
我们想加强和美国的关系。
A foreigner living in a Swedish village wrote to the Ombudsman complaining that he had been ill-treated by the police, simply because he was a foreigner.