英语词汇“prime the pump”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	prime the pump
释义	prime the pump to take action to help something succeed or grow, usually by spending money on it Spring is the time when the government primes the pump to help farmers prepare theirfields. Examples of 'prime the pump' in a sentence prime the pump Any government trying to borrow more to prime the pump merely makes investors, businesses and consumers even more nervous. Times, Sunday Times (2011) If it were, we could loosen fiscal policy and run deficits to prime the pump, as former treasury secretaries and the 'stagnationists' have been proposing. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
随便看	to keep one's fingers crossed to keep one's head to keep one's nose clean to keep one's options open to keep one's own counsel to keep one's word to keep or stay or steer clear of sb/sth to keep o.s. to keep out of sb's way to keep pace to keep pace with to keep quiet about sth/keep sth quiet to keep sb alive to keep sb amused to keep sb at arm's length to keep sb company to keep sb guessing to keep sb happy to keep sb in ignorance of sth to keep sb in suspense to keep sb posted (on sth) to keep sb/sth from doing sth to keep sb/sth on an even keel to keep sb up-to-date (with or on sth) to keep sb up to date (with sth)

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prime the pump