单词盒子

bread and circuses

B 开头单词

基本解释

  • 面包和马戏

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Thee whole news story smacks of bread and circuses—a conspiracy to keep the voters' minds off the major issues of the day!
    整篇新闻报道微带小恩小惠的味道，它企图借此转移选民对当前主要问题的注意！ ！
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  • The Roman Emperors kept the common people content with bread and circuses.
    罗马帝国始终使老百姓满足于面包和马戏。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

    剑桥英英字典

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