| 单词 | gravy train |
| 释义 | gravy train noun[Cusually singular] informaluk/ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn/us/ˈɡreɪ.vi ˌtreɪn/a way of makingmoneyquickly,easily, and oftendishonestly （常指不诚实的）轻松赚大钱的方法，发横财的捷径Compare easy moneyinformal Earning money
gravy train| Business Englishgravy train noun[C,usually singular] informalukusaneasyway of makingmoneywithout doing muchwork: be on/ride the gravy trainThepublicshouldknowwhichsenatorsare on thecorporategravytrain. Conferences areseenas agravytrainby manyorganiserswhochargeexorbitantratesforpoorservices. Examplesofgravy traingravy train People who say that this institution is just a 'gravytrain' are wrong. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It must not be allowed to become agravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Only yesterday, we heard that there have been about £3 billion-worth of inefficiencies/fraud and that thegravytrainis speeding out of control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On top of that there is fraud—about £7 billion of it—or what is known as the "gravytrain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For four years we have had a coalitiongravytrainfor a large number of industries, some of which are of very dubious long-term value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is in the interests, therefore, of the profession to ensure that thegravytrainkeeps rolling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For many, that sustains agravytrainthat they have been riding all their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are reassuring people that it will not be a politicalgravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those least able to pay are to be clobbered to benefit those who are already on thegravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those involved in the redundancy in the metropolitan counties are not on agravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those around him also are on thegravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They did just that, and told him that he was to join the frozen foodgravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is something in what those who refer to "agravytrain" say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not accept the description of thegravytrainand bureaucracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does anyone think that it will remain at £35,000 when, six months ago, 30 more schools were wanting to get on to this educationgravytrain? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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