"set in motion" in Chinese (Traditional)
啟動使運轉
Definition
讓某事開始發生或運作,通常是指某個行動、過程或一連串事件的開始。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多用於正式(書面)語境,描述計畫、流程或事件的開端。口語通常可用“開始”來替代。
Examples
The teacher set in motion a new reading project in class.
老師**啟動**了一個新的閱讀計畫。
He set in motion the plans for the school trip.
他**啟動**了學校旅行的計畫。
The scientist set in motion an important experiment.
科學家**啟動**了一項重要的實驗。
Her decision to quit really set in motion a chain of unexpected events.
她辭職的決定確實**引發了**一連串意想不到的事件。
When you pressed that button, you set in motion the entire process.
你按下那個按鈕時,**啟動了**整個流程。
It was his speech that set in motion real change in the community.
正是他的演講**推動了**社區的真正變革。