The news set off a continent-wide health scare.
这一消息引起了整个大陆的健康恐慌。
Someone set off a fire extinguisher.
有人打开了灭火器。
It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.
这一事件在国际金融市场上引起了连锁反应。
When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying.
上周美国商务部报告称，6月份的贸易逆差接近500亿美元，这引发了新一轮的经济末日预言。
Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
股市恐慌引发了一轮抛售潮。
This question set off a fierce debate.
就这个问题掀起了一场激烈的辩论。
"The Long Tail" set off a lively debate.
“长尾理论”激起一次激烈的争辩。
Huntington's thesis set off a furious debate.
亨廷顿的理论引发了激烈的争论。
The move set off a media firestorm, particularly in the blogosphere.
这一行动引起媒体热议，尤其是在博客圈。
To permit the two mortgage giants to default would set off a worldwide crisis.
如果允许这两个抵押贷款巨头欠款不还的话，可能会引起一场全球危机。
The test results will set off a scramble to plug the gaps exposed by regulators.
压力测试结果将引发各大银行努力填充监管者所揭露的资本空缺。
In 1992, Spike Lee set off a bout of “Malcolmania,” with his three-hour-plus film.
1992年，斯派克·李导演了一部关于马尔科姆的超过三个小时的电影，从而掀起了一阵“马尔科姆热潮”。
These findings shocked the endocrinology community and set off a new wave of research.
这些研究结果轰动内分泌学界，引起新一波研究热潮。
The first explosion set off a similar burst at a smaller pipeline near Xingang Harbor.
最先发生的一起爆炸引起了新港港口附近另一段较小管道的类似爆炸。
Then, in 1998, an el nino episode in the Pacific Ocean set off a record-setting hot spell.
接着，在1998年，太平洋的厄尔尼诺事件引发了一段创纪录的高温时期。
One could set off a heated argument with a question like, "What are the three best basic recipes?"
大家会对下面这个问题议论纷纷：“哪才是最佳的三道基础菜肴？”
The experiment set off a small industry of follow-up studies carried out in labs all around the world.
这个实验开创了一个全世界实验室对此进行后续研究的小型产业。
Opening 11 new non-stop routes from Helsinki to European destinations set off a major increase in traffic.
蓝天航空公司开通了11条从赫尔辛基直飞欧洲各大城市的航线，极大地提高了旅客运输能力。
This has set off a fight for exclusive adaptation rights to the books and articles published about the saga.
这打响了有关这一传奇事件相关书籍和报刊文章的“独家改编权”的争夺战。
But doing so would set off a string of compensation claims, which the courts are not yet equipped to assess.
然而这种做法会掀起一连串赔偿要求，而法院并未准备好评估。
Whenever you see that method, it should set off a little alarm in your mind; why is this person using a timer?
只要看到这种方法，就需要稍微提高警惕；为什么要使用一个计时器呢？
That will set off a fierce battle: suggested locations include some of the most populous and well-heeled parts of London.
这难免又是一场激烈的争论，选址中包括伦敦最繁华最富有的区域。
American Enterprise Institute scholar Kevin Hassett says a debt rating change could set off a downward economic spiral for the United States.
美国企业研究所的学者哈瑟尔特说，债信评估等级的改变，可能导致美国经济螺旋式的衰退。
For Brazil's big sugar companies the timing is perfect: the credit crunch set off a wave of consolidation in an industry that had been resistant to it.
巴西正值信贷紧缩，一向抵制联合的食糖行业不得不掀起了一波兼并浪潮，这对大型食糖企业来说，是个好机会。
For Brazil's big sugar companies the timing is perfect: the credit crunch set off a wave of consolidation in an industry that had been resistant to it.
巴西正值信贷紧缩，一向抵制联合的食糖行业不得不掀起了一波兼并浪潮，这对大型食糖企业来说，是个好机会。
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