| 单词 | pork barrel |
| 释义 | pork barrelWord family nounporkerporklingpork barrelpork pieporkadjectiveporky Government, Politics ˈpork ˌbarrel noun [singular, uncountableU] American EnglishAmE informal PGPPa government plan to increase the amount of money spent in a particular area, done in order to gain a political advantage – used to show disapproval 猪肉桶政治，政治分肥〔指政府为取得政治利益而增加对某一地区的拨款；含贬义〕 pork-barrel spending 政治分肥支出 Examples from the Corpus pork barrel• With the UDCs we find a very straight forward pork barrel subsidizing of particular development capital interests through the use of public resources.• This is known as the politics of the pork barrel.• The second is the desire by some elected officials to retain control over the pork barrel, through line items.• Money for water projects is a common type of Washington pork barrel. From Longman Business Dictionary pork barrelˈpork ˌbarrel noun [singular, uncountableU] American EnglishAmE informal disapproving a government plan to increase the amount of money spent in a particular area in order to gain a political advantage One person’s pork barrel is another’s local courthouse or dam. |
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