促进；采取措施发展经济

v.采取措施使某事发展

to prime the pump───充注泵

in the lump───adv.总共

under the pump───在泵下面

forgive the pun───原谅这个双关语

get the hump───闷闷不乐

have the pip───有点

on the jump───adv.在忙碌中

over the hump───v.度过最困难时期；已度过一半时间

parish pump───地方利益

Stolen food aid helped prime the pump for market growth.───偷来的食品援助充斥和助长了黑市的发展.

in many cases they have been used as a way to prime the pump for communities in need of economic fix.───在许多情况下它们是刺激极需经济改革的社区的主要工具。

These experiences prime the pump for you to rely on God thru you more and more directly and consistently.───这些经历就像准备好一个气泵给你，让你更多更加直接及持续地信任在你内心的上帝。

But it won't be enough for government to become the buyer of last resort -- in Keynes's words, to prime the pump.───正如凯恩斯所说，政府为了刺激经济投入资金充当最后购买者并不够。

This is a simple test to get me going, to "prime the pump, " so to speak.───可以说，这是一个简单的测试，让我说明测试驱动的编程。

No one can query his need to curry favour or prime the pump.───毋庸置疑，他必须笼络人心或增加政府支出以刺激经济增长。

Next to it, Desert Pete has left a note urging the reader not to drink from the jar hidden there but to use its contents to prime the pump.