bread and circuses
基本解释
- 面包和马戏
英汉例句
- 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！ ！
www.moa.gov.cn - 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。 - 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?
双语例句
权威例句
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