单词 | bread and circuses |
释义 | bread and circuses in British Englishsomething offered as a means of distracting attention from a problem or grievance bread and circusesused to describe a situation in which a government tries to take attention away from real problems or issues, by providing people with things which seem to make their lives more enjoyable Metternich proceeded to neutralize political dissent through a policy of bread andcircuses. |
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