英语释义

• get going; give impetus to;

  "launch a career"

  "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

片语

proceed收入，获利

institute实行，建立；授予……职位；提出（诉讼）

that set in motion events在运动事件

remove移动，迁移；开除；调动

initiate开始，创始；发起；使初步了解

set me in motion主题曲

Set the wheels in motion开展

set the machine in motion起动机器

set something in motion开动；使某物开始运转或工作

a cause set in motion发挥作用的动因

to set in motion处于运动状态

set sth in motion开动某物

英汉例句

• rogue waves are not tsunamis, which are set in motion by earthquakes.

  超级巨浪并非是由地震活动引发的海啸。

• amid this flurry of historical fissions and fusions it is easy to overlook another, arguably more significant unification set in motion in spring 1861.

  在这些历史的分分合合之中，另一件事情很容易被忽略，有些人认为这件始于1861年春天的事情才是一次更有意义的「统一」。

• this moment would serve as the spark that set in motion a process of learning life lesson, molding me into the person you’re reading through your computer screen.

  也正是这火花闪动的一刻助我开始学习生活课程。 最终把我塑造成你们现读到的我。

• disgusted with official lies about america’s involvement in southeast asia, he leaked the pentagon papers, which set in motion the end of the vietnam war.

  因厌恶官方关于美国在东南亚行径的谎言，他泄漏了五角大楼的文件，导致了越战的结束。

• six months after acquiring simmons, thl set in motion plans to take the company public.

  收购了席梦思床品公司六个月以后，thl开始让公司上市。

• it sets up a significant innovation fund, which, if administered properly, could set in motion a spiral of change.

  新政建立了一个重大创新基金，如果管理得当，可以启动一系列螺旋式变化。

• egged on by darwin, in 1847 hooker advised the royal navy to set in motion an elaborate plan.

  在达尔文鼓动下，1847年胡克建议皇家海军立即实施一项精心设计的计划。

• empty certificates set in motion an exchange of nothing for something, which in turn leads to boom-bust cycles.

  空白凭证引发了一个空手套白狼的交换，而这又导致繁荣和萧条周期。

• alibaba officials have said they believe that a microsoft takeover of yahoo would set in motion a buyback provision, making it possible for them to gain independence from microsoft.

  阿里巴巴公司称，一旦微软收购雅虎将会启动回购条款，这一条款让阿里巴巴有可能独立于微软自行运作。

• this means that tracking, by itself, can set in motion the changes that you need without any further conscious effort!

  这意味着「跟进」这个行为本身可以让我们在无意识的情况下调整优化我们的行为。

• yet for all the benign memories, woodstock also set in motion other, more crass impulses.

  然而在着所有祥和的记忆中，伍德斯托克也带来了种种原始的沖动。

• to handle performance management effectively in your organization, you want to focus on specific activities you can set in motion to handle problems when and if they occur.

  为了有效地处理组织中的性能管理，您要将重点放在出现问题时采取的具体措施上。

• indeed, important military shifts have already been set in motion that will be difficult if not impossible to reverse.

  确实，军事上的重要改变已经在发生，要逆转这样的趋势，如果不是不可能的话，起码也是很困难的。

• the more significant long-term effect of the earthquake, he says, “was that it set in motion the first systematic attempt at reshaping tokyo as a modern city.

  地震更加重要的长期影响，他说“是它第一次带来了把东京作为一个现代城市塑造的更加系统化的意向。

• even before the president signs the food safety modernization act (fsma), the passage of this legislation set in motion sweeping improvements to the security and safety of our nation「s food supply.

  就在总统签署《食品安全现代化法》之前，该法的通过确认了这么一项动议,即要求大张旗鼓地改善美国食品供应安全。

• the invasion of iran consumed more than a million lives; the invasion of kuwait set in motion a chain of events that led ultimately to his own country」s occupation by america.

  他入侵伊朗，让超百万人赔上性命，他入侵科威特，为此后的一系列大事件埋下伏笔，并最终在美国人手中赔上了自己的国家。

• in recent years, austria, france and italy have set in motion two similar and monumental rail tunnel projects through the eastern and western alps.

  在最近几年，奥地利、法国、意大利已经启动了两项相似的大型铁路隧道工程建设，分别位于阿尔卑斯山东部和西部。

相似词

brood一窝鸟，一窝动物；一大家孩子；幼蜂；一类（事物），一伙（人）

hatch(Hatch)人名；(西)阿奇；(英)哈奇

incubate孵化；酝酿

sit坐；位于

相反词

flat-footed扁平足的；脚不离地的；无準备的；（非正式）走不快的，笨拙的；（非正式）沉闷的，无创意的

half-baked（菜肴）半熟的；（计划、想法等）不完善的；（观点、理论）不成熟的；愚蠢的，肤浅的

half-cocked已扣到半击发位置的

underprepared準备不充分的；準备不足的

unprepared无準备的；即席的；尚未準备好的

unready不敏捷的；没準备的