set the wheels in motion
基本解釋
- 開展
英漢例句
- Whatever financial matter is on your mind, early June is the right time to set the wheels in motion.
無論如何,財(cái)政問題一直在你腦中,六月初是一個(gè)對(duì)的時(shí)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(huì)批準(zhǔn)我們房子的擴(kuò)建申請(qǐng)要一些時(shí)間,因此我最好現(xiàn)在就使它開始動(dòng)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(huì)令人相信卡扎菲決心要在自己擔(dān)任非盟主席的一年時(shí)間里推動(dòng)成立聯(lián)合政府。 - 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(yǔ)例句
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英英字典
- to do something that will cause a series of actions to start