Before he left the house the new astronomical project was set in train.

在他离开家之前，新的天文计划已经启动。

The world is watching. Allies and foes alike will shape their behaviour around the expectations that this moment sets in train.

世界正在关注该事件。盟国和反对国家一样，将会为此刻设定的预期采取相应行动，把一切准备就绪。

The chief executive will set in train the process of finding a successor.

【set】总经理将着手寻找接班人。

He runs into Marek, who picks up a rock and, as a storm rages around them, sets in train a series of transformative events.

他遇到了马雷克，马雷克捡起一块石头，随着一场风暴在他们周围肆虐，引发了一系列变革性事件。

As well as retelling it to anyone who would listen, causing eyerolling among courtiers, he set in train a series of initiatives to memorialise it.

除了将它复述给任何愿意听的人，引起朝臣们的翻白眼之外，他还发起了一系列倡议来纪念它。

Millennia later, the large-scale combustion of coal, oil and natural gas unlocked energy on a scale far beyond the hearth—and in so doing set in train profound changes to the planet's climate.

几千年后，煤炭、石油和天然气的大规模燃烧释放了远远超出家庭灶台的能源，并因此引发了地球气候的深刻变化。