"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。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
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。
Examples
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**。