Feed at the public trough
拿干薪
🧩 词语组成解析
feed
[fid]
vt. 喂养;满足（欲望等）;向…提供;供…作食物;
vi. 吃，以…为食;流入，注入，进入（如油流入机器）;[电子学]馈入;
n. 饲料（尤指粗饲料），施肥;喂送;草料;（尤指向地方性电视台）馈送电视节目;
at
[æt]
prep. （表示位置）在;在（某时间或时刻）;以，达; 向，朝;
n. 阿特（老挝辅币单位，100 阿特 = 1 基普）;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
trough
['trɔ:f]
n. 水槽，食槽;低谷期;[航]深海漕;[气]低气压槽;
🗣️ 情景例句
Where is your hometown?
你的籍贯是哪里？
We no longer manufacture pure cotton shirts as their retail prices tend only to attract that upper end of the market.
我方已不再生产纯棉衬衫因为其零售价格只能吸引高档消费者。
He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did.
他爱听售货员说他想像出来的那种东西暂时脱销，于是他就煞有介事地许诺改天再来光顾。当然，他再也不会来了。