set in motion

基本解釋

He thus set in motion a lengthy and awkward process that might end with a full investigation by the Competition Commission.
而后他提議開始的一個(gè)長期并且棘手的監(jiān)察應(yīng)該會以競爭委員會的全面檢查而告一段落。
Six months after acquiring Simmons, THL set in motion plans to take the company public.
收購了席夢思床品公司六個(gè)月以后，THL開始讓公司上市。
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.
地震更加重要的長期影響，他說“是它第一次帶來了把東京作為一個(gè)現(xiàn)代城市塑造的更加系統(tǒng)化的意向。

She says the first step is to determine if Madni was on a stop-over there and if so, other legal action will be set in motion.
If God created the world, and set nature into motion, and in what way is God responsible or irresponsible.
如果上帝創(chuàng)造了世界，讓自然開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，那么上帝對什么有責(zé)任，又對什么沒有責(zé)任呢？
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節(jié)選
The two presidents met for the first time on the sidelines of the G-20 economic conference in London in early April and set in motion what Clinton says is an effort to raise the frequently contentious U.S.-Russian relationship to a higher level.

These forces set in motion a chain of unequal opportunities that last a lifetime.
UN: Secretary-General