set something in motion
基本解釋
- 開動(dòng)；使某物開始運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)或工作
英漢例句
- You are expected to complete something already set in motion.
你被期待去完成一些已預(yù)設(shè)的行動(dòng)。 - Here "motion"---the central concept of the project---has multiple meanings. What is set in motion is something both physical and sonic, subjective and objective, sculptural and architectural.
作為這個(gè)展覽的主要概念，“運(yùn)動(dòng)”在這里具有多種含義，既是實(shí)體的也是聲音的，既是主體的也是客體的，既是雕塑的也是建筑的。
blog.sina.com.cn - Deep within their souls, a memory was stirred. Something was touched and set in motion.
他們靈魂深處的記憶蘇醒了過來，似乎有所觸動(dòng)。
blog.sina.com.cn - If you'd like you can also set it to be motion sensitive, in other words, if something moves it'll take the picture and send it to the site.
ENGADGET: pt's How-to Fridays: Turn your PC in to an automatic "moblog" picture posting machine!