"prime the pump" in Chinese (Simplified)

刺激经济推动增长

Definition

采取措施（通常是前期投入资金或资源）来鼓励增长或活动，特别是经济增长。

习语，常用于经济、商业领域，形容采取初步措施推动增长。通常指政府或大型机构的投资。不能用于指日常小事。原意为给水泵加水使其工作。

The government decided to prime the pump by investing in new roads.

政府决定通过投资新道路来**刺激经济**。

They lowered interest rates to prime the pump for business.

他们降低了利率以**刺激经济**促进商业发展。

The company donated money to local projects to prime the pump of the community.

公司为当地项目捐款，以**刺激经济**发展社区。

Sometimes you have to prime the pump with small investments before you see real results.

有时候你得先用小额投资来**刺激经济**，才能看到真正的成果。

Big companies often prime the pump when entering a new market to attract customers.

大型公司进入新市场时常常采取措施**刺激经济**，以吸引客户。

We need to prime the pump if we want this project to take off quickly.

如果想让这个项目快速起步，我们需要先**推动增长**。