set the wheels in motion
基本解释
- 開展
英汉例句
- Whatever financial matter is on your mind, early June is the right time to set the wheels in motion.
無論如何,財政問題一直在你腦中,六月初是一個對的時間去解決。 - It will take ages for the council to grant planning permission for our house extension so I'd better set the wheels in motion now.
市政會批準我們房子的擴建申請要一些時間,因此我最好現在就使它開始動起來。 - This summit has left no doubt that Mr. Gaddafi is determined to set the wheels of a union government in motion during his one-year term as AU Chairman.
這次峰會令人相信卡紥菲決心要在自己擔任非盟主蓆的一年時間裡推動成立聯郃政府。 - But an angry, spiteful Roosevelt decided to create a committee of wise public servants who would regulate the system and provide capital as needed. (He wouldn't be the last to do so.) He set the wheels in motion and, five years later, the Fed was born.
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雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to do something that will cause a series of actions to start