Thee whole news story smacks of bread and circuses—a conspiracy to keep the voters' minds off the major issues of the day!

整篇新闻报道微带小恩小惠的味道，它企图借此转移选民对当前主要问题的注意！

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The Roman Emperors kept the common people content with bread and circuses.

罗马帝国始终使老百姓满足于面包和马戏。

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The whole news story smacks of bread and circuses—a conspiracy to keep the voters' minds off the major issues of the day!

整篇新闻报道微带小恩小惠的味道，它企图借此转移选民对当前主要问题的注意！

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Most Americans are more concerned about the games on their iPhone, the NFL labor strike, and assorted other bread and circuses, than the very real prospect that our 235-year-long narrative of increasing dominance could be suddenly over in a flash should we default or come close to defaulting on our debt.

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He told the programme that the British establishment was "toying with the idea of trying to distract everyone with these bread and circuses" from the economic downturn.

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Maybe this is just an elaborate argument for bread and circuses.

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