1. The wheels of change have been set in motion. 变革的车轮已经开始运转。
2. The current chain of events was set in motion by that kidnapping. 目前的一系列事件都是由那次绑架引发的。
3. His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war. 他的死引发了一系列的事件,从而导致了战争的爆发。
4. Their migration may have been set in motion by an increase in population caused by a movement of peoples fleeing the desiccation, or drying up, of the Sahara. 他们的迁徙可能是人口增加引起的,这一人口增长是由人们逃离撒哈拉沙漠的干燥或干涸的迁移造成的。
5. Were what has been set in motion unfrozen. 原已设定的动中之物是否未被冻住。