This would be kickstarting a process that may unfold itself over thousands or millions of years into the future.

这将有可能启动一个在未来数千年甚至数百万年里展开的旅程。

Baker says this new proposal is about kickstarting a long overdue conversation to create more permissive and flexible rules.

贝克说，这项新提议是为了启动一场姗姗来迟的对话，以创造出更加宽松、灵活的规则。

In 2014 he sold Oculus, a virtual-reality startup, to Facebook for $2bn, kickstarting the current wave of interest in VR.

2014 年，他以 20 亿美元的价格将虚拟现实初创公司 Oculus 卖给了 Facebook，引发了当前对 VR 的兴趣浪潮。

And we risk kickstarting feedback loops with the consequences of climate change, like melting permafrost, release even more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, making it even harder to wrestle the crisis under control.

我们冒着启动气候变化后果的反馈循环的风险，比如融化永久冻土，向大气中释放更多的温室气体，使控制危机变得更加困难。