By holding in rather than venting "steam", we set the stage for future explosions.

通过控制而非释放“情绪蒸汽”，我们为日后的情绪爆发埋下了伏笔。

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This division set the stage for allopatric speciation among populations of fishes and other marine species.

这种划分为鱼类和其他海洋物种的分区物种形成奠定了基础。

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As I said last year in Prague, this treaty will set the stage for further cuts.

正如我去年在布拉格说过的，这项条约将为进一步削减创造条件。

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The final tally in Japan's largest local election set the stage for the national political fight.

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He understood the interaction of particles of matter, and that's important to set the stage for the Rutherford experiment in Manchester about 10 years later.

他理解物质粒子之间的相互作用，这点很重要,对于10年后他在曼彻斯特搭设,用于卢瑟福实验的平台来说。

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Last lecture, you might have thought this was a SHASS class, it's not like a philosophy class, and it was important to set the stage for what we're going to talk about, but we talked about very high level things.

上一节课，你们可能认为,这课没什么意思，这可能不太像一门哲学课，为我们所要讨论的去做好准备,是很重要的，我们上节课讲的是一些比较高层次的的东西。

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But the commission also emphasized that the state's own method of energy deregulation set the stage for the traders' abuse.

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The results of those two perceptions--and AutoNation's discipline in acting on them--set the stage for the company's recent success.

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It set the stage for Clinton's planned state visit to Japan in mid-April.

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