get the ball rolling

意思

to make something start happening

讓某事開始進行.

例句

1. 1Let's get the ball rolling with a quick round of introductions.
2. 2Aisha got the ball rolling on the street party by printing flyers for every house.
3. 3Nobody wanted to speak first at the meeting, so the manager got the ball rolling with her own idea.
4. 4If we want the new library open by spring, who's going to get the ball rolling?
5. 5The fundraiser finally took off once Tom's generous donation got the ball rolling.

文法

只有 get 變化形式：got、getting。也可用 set 或 start 代替 get；keep the ball rolling 表示讓某事繼續進行下去。rolling 保持不變。

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