pork barrel
基本解释
- 放豬肉的桶;(爲討好或報答支持者的)政治撥款
英汉例句
- Once a selling point for lawmakers, congressionally directed spending – otherwise known as earmarks or “pork barrel” projects – is becoming a liability for many incumbents in Campaign 2010.
曾經是立法者的賣點,國會直撥開支,另一種說法是計劃開支或者分肥計劃,現在成爲許多在任議員2010競選的責任。 - For the first time in decades, congresspeople aren’t trading pork barrel projects and tax breaks –they’re negotiating steep budget cuts.
幾十年來第一次國會議員不願把分肥撥款發展項目與減稅做交易——他們就大幅預算消減協商談判。 - He says he will veto pork-barrel spending, a threat his Senate record makes credible.
他說他將否決“豬肉桶”開銷,他在蓡議院的經歷証明這個威脇是真實可靠的。 - This was called "pork barrel" spending.
- Stimulus spending in particular tends to fund pork barrel projects that Congress has been previously resisting.
FORBES: Can We Spend Ourselves From Recession To Prosperity? - Republicans are skeptical, especially about government loan guarantees, pork barrel projects and mandating higher priced union labor.
FORBES: Getting Innovative with Infrastructure - It started in 2002, he says, when he got a tip about a huge pork barrel project.
NPR: Origins Of Bridge To Nowhere Explained
雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- pork barrel legislation 肉桶立法
- Pork barrel politics 分肥政治
- Spicy pork barrel rice 麻辣排骨木桶飯
- Rice with sauteed pork barrel 魚香肉絲木桶飯
- barrel pork 桶裝肉
短語
英英字典
- If you say that someone is using pork barrel politics, you mean that they are spending a lot of government money on a local project in order to win the votes of the people who live in that area.
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专业释义
- 政治分肥