pork barrel

常见例句

双语例句

• Once a selling point for lawmakers, congressionally directed spending – otherwise known as earmarks or “pork barrel” projects – is becoming a liability for many incumbents in Campaign 2010.
  曾经是立法者的卖点，国会直拨开支，另一种说法是计划开支或者分肥计划，现在成为许多在任议员2010竞选的责任。
• For the first time in decades, congresspeople aren’t trading pork barrel projects and tax breaks –they’re negotiating steep budget cuts.
  几十年来第一次国会议员不愿把分肥拨款发展项目与减税做交易——他们就大幅预算消减协商谈判。
• He says he will veto pork-barrel spending, a threat his Senate record makes credible.
  他说他将否决“猪肉桶”开销，他在参议院的经历证明这个威胁是真实可靠的。

原声例句

• This was called "pork barrel" spending.

权威例句

• Stimulus spending in particular tends to fund pork barrel projects that Congress has been previously resisting.
  FORBES: Can We Spend Ourselves From Recession To Prosperity?
• Republicans are skeptical, especially about government loan guarantees, pork barrel projects and mandating higher priced union labor.
  FORBES: Getting Innovative with Infrastructure
• It started in 2002, he says, when he got a tip about a huge pork barrel project.
  NPR: Origins Of Bridge To Nowhere Explained
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