kick-start (also kickstart) ( kick-starting, kick-started, kick-starts )

• 1. 

  V-T To kick-start a process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again. 重振

  例：

  The president has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates.

  总统已经决定通过大幅度降低利率重振经济。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Kick-start is also a noun. 重振

  例：

  The housing market needs a kick-start.

  房产市场需要重振。

• 3. 

  V-T If you kick-start a motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot. 脚踏启动

  例：

  He lifted the bike off its stand and kick-started it.

  他把摩托车从展台上搬下来并用脚发动了它。