| 释义 |
prime /praɪm/► SEE ALLin the prime of (your) lifea prime moverprime the pump
●in the prime of (your) ˈlifeat the time in your life when you are strongest or most successful 在年富力强的时期；在壮年；风华正茂时◆He was struck down in the prime of his life by a heart attack.
他还在壮年就得了心脏病病倒了。◆What do you mean, I’m old? I’m still in the prime of life!
你说什么，我老了？我还在盛年呢！ OPP be past your/its best ●a prime ˈmovera person or a thing that starts sth and has an important influence on its development 原动力；主导力；发动者◆The prime mover in setting up the group was ex-lawyer James Stanley.
这个团体的发起人是做过律师的詹姆斯 ∙ 斯坦利。◆Economic factors are the prime mover of change.
经济因素是变革的原动力。●prime the ˈpumpgive sb, an organization, etc. financial help in order to support a project, business, etc. when it is beginning 投资以振兴（新建企业或新兴行业）◆The government should really prime the pump in new high technology projects. That’s the only way they’ll be able to survive in the current economic climate.
政府应该投入资金来扶持高科技新项目，这是在目前的经济形势下唯一能使之生存的方法。▸ ˈpump-priming noun ◆The nation is relying on pump-priming to get the economy started.
这个国家依靠投资来振兴经济。 ORIGIN Originally, this was a way of making a pump work properly by adding water to it. 这原指通过加水让水泵正常运行的方式。 |