prime the pump

短语

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发音

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词形变化

primed the pump primes the pump 三单 primes the pump priming the pump priming the pump 现在分词 primed the pump 过去式 primed the pump 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To engage in deficit spending.

    习语 金融
  2. 2.

    To give something in order to create the conditions where others will give in return.

    习语 非正式
  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prime, the, pump.

词源

As an idiomatic term, from the 1930s. From the metaphor of filling (priming) a liquid pump in order to prepare it for operation.

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