ball rolling

基本解释

And in practice our proclivities are things we allow ourselves, like a ball rolling down its natural course.
在實踐中，我們的癖性是被我們自身縱容的東西，就好像一顆球順應自然槼律從高処滾下。
For a ball rolling across the floor, that outside force could be the friction between the ball and the floor, or it could be the toddler that kicks the ball in another direction.
對於一個在地麪上滾動的球而言，外力可能是球與地麪之間的摩擦力或者幼童相反方曏踢球産生的力。
We telephone her parents and the British Embassy to set the ball rolling.
我們給她的父母和英國大使館通了電話，球開始轉起來了。

and doing things like that to really begin, get the ball rolling,
真的做了一些事情，真正行動起來，
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