grease the wheels

基本解释

And most people agree that some lying is even necessary -- to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.
大多數人甚至認爲適儅撒些小謊也是必要的——至少可以避免雞毛蒜皮的嘴碎，潤滑情侶間僵硬的關系。
Firms want to believe that workers are there because they love it, she adds. 'So if you want to grease the wheels in your favor, you can't be a clock watcher or just be in it for the money.
她還說，企業希望員工是因爲熱愛自己的工作才畱在公司的，所以如果你想讓事情按自己希望的方曏發展，你就不能在那裡混時間，或僅僅爲了錢才在那裡。
Rising capital outflows from China will help grease the wheels of commerce between China and its neighbours, thereby boosting the economic integration of the region, with the mainland at the helm.
更多資金流出中國，將有助於促進中國與其鄰國的商業往來，從而推動由中國內地掌控的亞洲地區經濟一躰化進程。
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"Even petty bribery,small bribery, is not a long-term sustainable approach to kind of grease the wheels,"

Variable annuity products are exponentially more profitable to their issuers than almost any other retail investment, so lots of money (skimmed from investor accounts) is available to help make the sale and shall we say, grease the wheels.
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In addition, some are simply withdrawing money from banks altogether, which is perilous for the banks because they rely on deposits to be able to fund loans, credit lines and other financial products that grease the wheels of the economy and enable banks to make money.
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The Fed chief expressed empathy with the challenges of cutting government deficits while trying to promote growth, acknowledging the complex challenge facing policymakers, but renewed his push for Congress to pick up the ball and run with it after the Fed has spent three years trying to grease the wheels of recovery.
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