featherbed

剑桥词典

to protect someone, especially a group of workers , too much and make things easy for them
使（尤指工人）安逸，過度保護

If a government featherbeds an industry , it gives it a lot of help , such as lower taxes , especially so that jobs will not be lost .
（政府）給予的幫助或優惠政策（如降低稅收等以保護該産業，尤指降低其失業率） 返回 featherbed