set the wheels in motion

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• Whatever financial matter is on your mind, early June is the right time to set the wheels in motion.
  无论如何，财政问题一直在你脑中，六月初是一个对的时间去解决。
• 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.
  市政会批准我们房子的扩建申请要一些时间，因此我最好现在就使它开始动起来。
• 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.
  这次峰会令人相信卡扎菲决心要在自己担任非盟主席的一年时间里推动成立联合政府。

权威例句

• 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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• to do something that will cause a series of actions to start

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