Someone set off a fire extinguisher.
有人打开了灭火器。
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。
Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
股市恐慌引发了一轮抛售潮。
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。
The crisis has set off a wave of nationalist feelings in Quebec.
这场危机已经在魁北克掀起了一个民族独立情绪的浪潮。
The powder immediately ignited and set off a chain reaction of explosions.
炸药立即点燃并引发了连环爆炸反应。
When she had an affair with her friend's husband, she wittingly set off a chain of crises.
她和她朋友的丈夫私通，故意激起了一连串危机。
The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
赈济货车一到达，便引发了村民争抢救援物资的小规模骚乱。
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。
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。
These losses set off a spiral in money markets.
这些损失造成了货币市场的漩涡。
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。
This set off a domino effect, as one part of the grid taxed another.
这一处电力中断引起了多米诺效应，一处电网故障接二连三的把负担施加给另一处。
The failure of Lehman had set off a tsunami of selling across the globe.
雷曼兄弟的倒闭引发了一场席卷全球的出售海啸。
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。
The plot set off a massive hunt for packages that might have originated in Yemen.
这起造成大规模检查包裹的阴谋事件多半也是在也门策划的。
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”。
Russia's invasion of Georgia last month set off a wave of condemnation in the West.
俄罗斯上月侵入格鲁吉亚引起了西方国家的纷纷谴责。
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。
He admits to being disappointed that his one-man crusade did not set off a broader revolt.
对于自己单枪匹马的声讨没有引发更大规模的反抗，生方承认自己感到失望。
The policy set off a mini-recession, causing panic that led to a reversal. High inflation returned.
这一政策引出了一段小规模的经济衰退, 却因此引起了恐慌而导致了经济倒退.高通货膨胀率又回来了.
The policy set off a mini-recession, causing panic that led to a reversal. High inflation returned.
这一政策引出了一段小规模的经济衰退, 却因此引起了恐慌而导致了经济倒退.高通货膨胀率又回来了.
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