set the scene

成語所屬單字scene

set the scene — 慣用語

1. To describe the general situation or background before an event, so that someone

1.慣用語
釋義

描述背景；創造條件

To describe the general situation or background before an event, so that someone can understand what is happening. Also used to mean to create the conditions that make something possible.

例句

Let me set the scene: it was a rainy night in London, and the streets were completely empty.

The warm weather in March set the scene for an early start to the farming season.