His arrival set the scene for another argument.

他这一来，又会引起一场争论。

《牛津词典》

An improving economy helped set the scene for his re-election.

好转的经济为他的再选铺平了道路。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The Democratic convention has set the scene for a ferocious election campaign this autumn.

民主党全国代表大会已为今秋激烈的竞选活动作好了准备。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Now let me set the scene.

接下来让我们设想一个场景。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The particular dialogue that we're going to reading,the Phaedo, is set at the death scene of Socrates.

我们要学习的这篇对话,斐多篇,就将场景设定在苏格拉底临死前的一幕

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

After the long sway of Theocritus' and Virgil's pastorals, ; of course Christianity entered the scene,a new dispensation; and Christianity began to load this pastoral literary tradition with its own set of associations.

在维吉尔等两人对田园诗的长久统治之后，基督教义作为新的统治思想兴起了;,并且开始以它自身的一套体系,附在田园诗的文学传统之上。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

This certainly set the scene for what we had been told to expect for our game.

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To lay the foundation for his doctrine, Marx set the scene of a world mismanaged by the bourgeoisie.

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Van Gogh found his muse in the city of Arles, which set the scene for many of his most famous works.

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