prime the pump 的定义
- Encourage the growth or action of something, as in Marjorie tried to prime the pump by offering some new issues for discussion. In the late 1800s this expression originally was used for pouring liquid into a pump to expel the air and make it work. In the 1930s it was applied to government efforts to stimulate the economy and thereafter was applied to other undertakings.
prime the pump 近义词
等同于 subsidize
prime the pump 的近义词 18 个
- bankroll
- contribute
- finance
- fund
- promote
- sponsor
- underwrite
- back
- endow
- grubstake
- help
- stake
- support
- angel
- juice
- pick up the check
- pick up the tab
- put up the money for
prime the pump 的反义词 3 个
等同于 grubstake
prime the pump 的近义词 21 个
- back
- bank
- bankroll
- capitalize
- endow
- float
- fund
- guarantee
- juice
- patronize
- promote
- go for
- lay on one
- loan shark
- pay for
- pick up the check
- pick up the tab
- provide funds
- provide security
- put up money
- put up money fo
prime the pump 的反义词 1 个
等同于 finance
更多prime the pump例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- The Minister pointed out to them the attendant difficulties, and referred them to the Prime Minister.
- Even then the Prime Minister was with difficulty prevented from bowling during forbidden hours.