set in motion

基本解释

He thus set in motion a lengthy and awkward process that might end with a full investigation by the Competition Commission.
而后他提议开始的一个长期并且棘手的监察应该会以竞争委员会的全面检查而告一段落。
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。
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。

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.
如果上帝创造了世界，让自然开始运转，那么上帝对什么有责任，又对什么没有责任呢？
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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