beggar thy neighbor

基本解釋

They lived through the '30s "beggar thy neighbor" policy, saw what it led to in the '40s.
他們經歷過上世紀30年代盛行的“以鄰爲壑”政策，也親眼目睹了這種政策在40年代導致的惡果。
Buy American provisions invite retaliation by other nations, and the spread of 'beggar thy neighbor' policies throughout the world.
但“買美國貨”條款衹會招來其他國家的報複，竝可能引起“以鄰爲壑”政策在全球的盛行。
We should commit ourselves to make a larger cake of shared interest, create more opportunities for other countries, and reject beggar thy neighbor policies or harming others to one’s own advantage.
中歐美應堅持把共同利益的蛋糕做大，爲其他國家的發(fā)展帶來更多的機遇，而不應做損人利己、與鄰爲壑的事情。

These beggar thy neighbor policies led to the collapse of world trade and capital flows during the Great Depression.
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff—passed by Congress in the early 1930s—triggered beggar thy neighbor trade policies in other countries, raising taxes on tens of thousands of imported goods.
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During the 1930s countries had resorted to beggar-thy-neighbor policies, such as devaluing currencies and imposing trade and capital restrictions.
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