bread and circuses

更新日期：2026-08-14

词语	bread and circuses
释义	bread and circuses used to refer to a diet of entertainment or political policies on which the masses are fed to keep them happy and docile 面包和马戏观赏（指为安抚目的给予群众的好处或实施的政策）; 食物和娱乐。 [ORIGIN: translating Latin panem et circenses （Juvenal's Satires, x.80）.]
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