also jump-start, to start a car using battery booster cables, by 1970, from jumper "wire used to cut out part of a circuit or close a gap" (1901 in telegraphy); see jump + start. Related: Jumpstarted; jumpstarting. Figurative use by 1975.
权威例句
1. The secretary of state intends to jumpstart the middle east peace process.
国务卿打算启动中东和平进程.
2. This could have consequences for efforts to jumpstart the peace process.
这将会对启动和平进程的努力造成影响.
3. While we can't help you with the field testing, we can jumpstart your research.
虽然我们不能帮助你做实地测试, 但是我们可以帮你调查.
4. My battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor.
我的电池没电了,所以必须从邻居那里接根线启动.
5. The economy was lagging so the government tried to jumpstart it by lowering interest rates.