| 单词 | bread and circuses |
| 释义 | bread and circusesSEE SYNONYMS FOR bread and circuses ON THESAURUS.COM nounsomething, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance. Origin of bread and circuses1910–15; translation of Latin pānis et circēnsēs; from a remark by the Roman satirist Juvenal on the limited desires of the Roman populace Words nearby bread and circusesbread, bread and butter, bread-and-butter letter, bread-and-butter model, bread-and-butter pickle, bread and circuses, bread and honey, breadbasket, breadboard, breadbox, breadcrumb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for bread and circusesbread and circuses A phrase used by a Roman writer to deplore the declining heroism of Romans after the Roman Republic ceased to exist and the Roman Empire began: “Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses.” The government kept the Roman populace happy by distributing free food and staging huge spectacles. (See Colosseum.) notes for bread and circuses“Bread and circuses” has become a convenient general term for government policies that seek short-term solutions to public unrest. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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