to jump start 搞活(非正式用語(yǔ))
To start something in an irregular but powerful and effective manner; to reinvigorate (in AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS "to jump start" means to start a car by connecting its battery to that of another car's battery manually by means of a cable).
例句The company tried to jump start its presently sluggish sales campaign by putting a lot of money into a huge advertising campaign on national radio and television.
公司打算搞活當(dāng)前缺少生氣的銷售活動(dòng),花大筆錢在全國(guó)性的電臺(tái)和電視臺(tái)進(jìn)行大規(guī)模的廣告宣傳。