Pork barrel
n. 议员为选民所争取得到的地方建设经费
🧩 词语组成解析
barrel
['bærəl]
n. 桶;一桶之量;圆筒，活塞筒，滚筒;圆筒;
adj. 桶状的;
vt. 装进桶里，放进桶里;
vi. 高速行驶;
bar 木棒,障碍#词根助记：bar木条,桶是用木条做成的
🗣️ 情景例句
Would you like a cocktail before dinner?
你要在饭前来杯鸡尾酒吗？
When do you expect to have this ready for sale?
你希望此种商品何时上市出售呢？
Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect.
这类奇闻的疑难之处是无法区别因果关系。