果味酸柯林斯词典

bread and circuses

B 开头单词

基本解释

  • 麪包和馬戯

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英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Thee whole news story smacks of bread and circuses—a conspiracy to keep the voters' minds off the major issues of the day!
    整篇新聞報道微帶小恩小惠的味道，它企圖借此轉移選民對儅前主要問題的注意！ ！
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  • The Roman Emperors kept the common people content with bread and circuses.
    羅馬帝國始終使老百姓滿足於麪包和馬戯。

    • 權威例句

  • Too often local leaders resort to bread and circuses to keep themselves in office.
    ECONOMIST: Indonesia
  • Maybe this is just an elaborate argument for bread and circuses.
    FORBES: Better Angels or Bread and Circuses?
  • It is a fact that Roman bread and circuses produced a large leech class at a time when desperately needed manpower and resources for the Legions was scarce.
    FORBES: Which Party is Responsible For Debt Impasse?

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • activities or official plans that are intended to keep people happy and to stop them from noticing or complaining about problems