例句-2:One sacred cow is the national social security system that provides
many retired people with a pension. This program gets increasingly
expensive every year and has become a social burden. However, no
politician wants to touch it because older people mean a lot of votes.
他把向退休人员提供养老金的美国社会安全制度称为"圣牛,"虽然这个方案的花费日益浩大,成为社会负担,但是政界人士却都不敢对它轻举妄动,因为老年人的投票票数相当可观。
谁胆敢改变这一体制,就会失去民心和大量选票。
可见这里的sacred cow指的是那种受到人为保护而碰不得的人或事。******
再学个也来自动物并常用在政界的习惯用语:fat cat。
习惯用语fat cat意思当然不会是肥猫;它通常指大富翁,而在政界,fat
cat时常用来说候选人的经济靠山,也就是说候选人能指望从fat cat那儿得到大笔竞选经费。
好,我们来听个例子。
例句-3:This year the other party is way ahead of us when it comes to
campaign money. They have all the fat cats on their side. And that means
they can buy twice the TV time we can afford.
他说:今年对方党派在竞选经费方面大大超越了我们,因为那些有钱的赞助人都在他们那边。
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