feeding trough

基本解釋

Only Luke mentions a feeding trough, or manger, shepherds and a chorus of angels.
只有《路加福音》提到了槽（馬槽）、牧羊人和天使的歌唱。
And when it comes to finance, there is acquisition and divestiture -- otherwise known as the feeding trough for bankers.
對于金融來說，有并購也有剝離——這是銀行家們賴以生存的搖錢樹。
The international community's first priority is to find the means to make aid more than just a feeding trough for local warlords.
國際社會的首要任務(wù)是想方設(shè)法不讓援助僅僅是讓當(dāng)?shù)剀婇y中飽私囊。

It's not a pretty picture--the image of pigs feeding at the trough comes to mind--but it's a revealing one.
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The Wall Street public pension trough feeding frenzy has, unbeknownst to taxpayers and government workers participating in these funds, cost the nation trillions and is only getting worse with the proliferation of hedge funds and private equity alternative investments.
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The country's two other principal political parties are indistinguishable in their policies and share the same habit of feeding at the public trough.
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