bread and circuses

常见例句

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?
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