starve the beast

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To progressively weaken or destroy a dangerous or powerful entity through attrition. US
  2. To deprive the federal government of revenue by cutting taxes in an effort to force it to limit spending. US
    — Whatever the mechanism, attempts to starve the beast through revenue shortages somehow seem to make the beast all the more voracious.

词形变化

starves the beast present,singular,third-person starving the beast participle,present starved the beast participle,past starved the beast past

词源

According to Bruce Bartlett, the second sense was first used by an anonymous Reagan staffer in “We didn’t starve the beast. It’s still eating quite well—by feeding off future generations.”
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