单词	bread and circuses
释义	bread and circuses plural noun : a palliative offered especially to avert potential discontent Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The Romans are famous for offering bread and circuses to their underprivileged citizens. Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Who can resist the tempting spread of digital bread and circuses, birds and cake? Kc Cole, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021 De Blasio’s music-for-the-masses project comes terribly close to other progressive notions for making American life more socialist; urging people to think of themselves as masses is simple bread and circuses. Armond White, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021 The turmoil of the past year will fade into memory as the bread and circuses of ordinary life return to divert us. Jeff Stanard, National Review, 27 July 2021 In the Roman tradition of bread and circuses, sports were expected to placate the troubled population. Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2021 Democrats are betting this round of bread and circuses will win them the 2022 midterms. Karl Rove, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2021 At its gilded core, the Super Bowl is an annual carnival of excess that makes the bread and circuses of Roman antiquity seem quaint in comparison. Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 6 Feb. 2020 Both of you, stop your bickering and give us the bread and circuses of being able to watch pro basketball and hockey, to distract us while the world goes up in flames and in hate. Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019 See More Word History Etymology translation of Latin panis et circenses First Known Use 1872, in the meaning defined above
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