| 单词 | bread and circuses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbread and circuses bread and circuses n. food and entertainment provided for the public by a government, ruler, etc., esp. in order to keep people happy and docile. [After classical Latin panem et circenses (Juvenal Satires 10. 80: Duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et circenses ‘they anxiously desire only two things, bread and circuses’.)] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment > offered to the public panem et circenses1787 offering1820 bread and circuses1872 1872 Harper's Bazar 13 Apr. 258/4 The government of this country has not got to giving us ‘bread and circuses’ yet. 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 217 Rome has always debauched her loved Provincia with bread and circuses. 2007 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 20 a Congress..has gone into the business of bread and circuses. < as lemmas |
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