trickle down

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ The trickle-down theory is the theory that benefits given to people at the top of a system will eventually be passed on to people lower down the system. For example, if the rich receive tax cuts, they will pass these benefits on to the poor by creating jobs. 涓滴的; 涓滴理論指的是一個體制中給予上層人的利益會傳遞給較低階層的人。; 舉例來說，如果削減富人的稅收，就可以創(chuàng)造更多就業(yè)機會，窮人也可以因此受益。[ADJ n]
The government is not simply relying on trickle-down economics to tackle poverty. 該政府并沒有僅僅依賴涓滴經濟學來解決貧困。