set something in motion
基本解释
- 开动；使某物开始运转或工作
英汉例句
- You are expected to complete something already set in motion.
你被期待去完成一些已预设的行动。 - 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.
作为这个展览的主要概念，“运动”在这里具有多种含义，既是实体的也是声音的，既是主体的也是客体的，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.
他们灵魂深处的记忆苏醒了过来，似乎有所触动。
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!