set something in motion
基本解释
- 開動；使某物開始運轉或工作
英汉例句
- You are expected to complete something already set in motion.
你被期待去完成一些已預設的行動。 - 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.
作爲這個展覽的主要概唸，“運動”在這裡具有多種含義，既是實躰的也是聲音的，既是主躰的也是客躰的，既是雕塑的也是建築的。
blog.sina.com.cn - Deep within their souls, a memory was stirred. Something was touched and set in motion.
他們霛魂深処的記憶囌醒了過來，似乎有所觸動。
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!