pork barrel

英 [ˈpɔːk bærəl]

美 [ˈpɔːrk bærəl]

n.  分肥项目，分肥拨款(议员等为争取选票而促使政府拨款给所属地区的发展项目)

牛津词典

noun

• 分肥项目，分肥拨款（议员等为争取选票而促使政府拨款给所属地区的发展项目）
  local projects that are given a lot of government money in order to win votes; the money that is used

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 分肥拨款（指为赢得当地选民的选票而在地方工程上花费的大笔政府拨款）
  If you say that someone is usingpork barrelpolitics, 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.
  1. Pork-barrel politicians hand out rents to win votes and influence people.
     搞分肥拨款的政客为获得选票、影响民情而发放房租补贴。

英英释义

noun

• a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
  Synonym:pork

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