| 词汇 | bread and circuses |
| 词源 | bread and circuses. Bread and circuses is a translation of a line by the Roman poet Juvenal that refers to the practice in an- cient Rome of government feeding the people and providing them with entertainment to prevent rebellion. The term means the same today. |
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