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。
Huntington's thesis set off a furious debate.
亨廷顿的理论引发了激烈的争论。
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”。
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。
After the announcement of Beijing being the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games, in China, we have set off a new upsurge of learning English.
在中国被宣布为2008年奥林匹克运动会的举办城市之后，全国各地立刻掀起了一股新的学习英语的热潮。
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。
Because frequent use of over-the-counter pain relievers can set off a "rebound" effect, leading to more headaches, treatment should be discussed with a doctor.
因为频繁使用非处方镇痛剂会产生“反弹”效果，导致更多的头痛，因此这种治疗方法必须和一名医生商量。
It is the intellectual circles that first realize the issue and then start to concern and discuss it, which set off a series of Green Movement all over the world.
知识界最先敏锐地察觉，并开始对环境问题进行关注和讨论，进而带动全球展开了一系列绿色运动。
The Grand Theater is just like a crystal palace when the lights set off a harmonious entity of the white arc-shaped roof and the photosensitive glass curtain walls.
白色弧形拱顶和具有光感的玻璃幕墙有机结合，在灯光的烘托下，宛如一个水晶般的宫殿。
But a single clause tucked in the 74-page deal agreement set off a series of increasingly dire events that nearly scuttled the rescue brokered and financed by the Fed.
但在74页的交易协议中，有一条不起眼的条款引发了一系列惊人的事件，差点让美联储的救援努力失去意义。
With the rapid development of network technology, video codec technology and embedded operating system, the world will set off a powerful digital video, networking wave.
随着网络技术、视频编解码技术和嵌入式操作系统的迅猛发展，世界将掀起一股强大的视频数字化、网络化浪潮。
But rising temperatures have set off a worldwide thaw of many glaciers and ice sheets, which collectively act as the second largest reservoir of Earth's fresh water, Hood said.
但是，由于气温不断上升，构成地球第二大淡水水库的冰川和冰层有逐渐消融的态势。
The employee who comes to you after a meeting to discuss a sensitive issue that if brought up in a group setting would have set off a firestorm does you and the business a favor.
那些在会议之后前来与你讨论某个敏感话题的员工，着实帮了你一个大忙——因为倘若在团队中公然提出此类问题，必然会引起一场唇枪舌战。
The employee who comes to you after a meeting to discuss a sensitive issue that if brought up in a group setting would have set off a firestorm does you and the business a favor.
那些在会议之后前来与你讨论某个敏感话题的员工，着实帮了你一个大忙——因为倘若在团队中公然提出此类问题，必然会引起一场唇枪舌战。
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