set the stage for

基本解释

Set the stage for the iterative software development lifecycle.
设置迭代软件开发生命周期的阶段。
Similarly, the terms you agree to in your first round set the stage for later rounds.
同样，你在第一轮融资中答应的条款为以后的融资定下了基调。
Typography is a major art form in the design world and it can really set the stage for what you want to say.
在设计世界里，排版是一种重要的艺术形式，它真正可以为你想表达的东西搭建好舞台。

And this will set the stage for further cuts, and we will seek to include all nuclear weapons states in this endeavor,"
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。
麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选
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。
麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Either way, that behavior can set the stage for a new and more competitive platform.
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