Mr Sarkozy’s hopes that this gathering might set the stage for generous emerging-market investment to support the euro were already faint.(薩科齊原本還奢望借此峰會，向闊綽的新興市場國家尋求歐債支援。)

Taking a conservative approach to your analysis and then performing financial calculations with a concrete approach will set the stage for this leap.(使用保守的方法進行你的分析，然后使用可靠的方法進行計算，能夠給這個跳躍加上臺階。)

The session helped set the stage for the upcoming London meeting of the world's 20 leading developed and emerging economies.(這次會談是為了世界20個主要發達國家和新興經濟體即將在倫敦舉行的會議奠定基調。)

When Japan sanctioned the international use of the yen in the 1980s it set the stage for a damaging property bubble.(日本在上世紀80年代批準國際使用日元同時也種下了后來那場破壞性的房地產泡沫的禍根。)

Set the stage for the iterative software development lifecycle.(設置迭代軟件開發生命周期的階段。)

This division set the stage for allopatric speciation among populations of fishes and other marine species.(這種劃分為魚類和其他海洋物種的分區物種形成奠定了基礎。)

To set the stage for flow, goals need to be clearly defined so that you always know your next step.(為給心流做準備，目標要明確以便你始終清楚自己的下一步。)

I'll talk about the joint practices this month to set the stage for all the others.(本月我將討論聯合實踐來為所有其它實踐打基礎。)

In the long run, that can set the stage for an even more active life style and could be quite beneficial in avoiding some common health problems.(從長遠來看，它能為你過上積極生活打下堅實基礎，可以避免一些影響健康方面的問題發生，受益無窮。)

That could make short-term sense; but it will set the stage for more budget battles to come.(這在短期內肯定有用，但也為未來的預算之爭埋下了伏筆。)