begging bowl

英 [ˈbeɡɪŋ bəʊl]

美 [ˈbeɡɪŋ boʊl]

n.  讨饭碗; (国家或机构)乞求经济援助

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 讨饭碗；（国家或机构）乞求经济援助
  If a country or organization approaches other countries or organizations with abegging bowl, it asks them for money.
  1. He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.
     他早先说他不会伸手去乞求援助。

双语例句

• Indeed, if I had become a sadhu, a mendicant holy man, wandering the great trunk roads of British India, begging bowl in hand, I would have met with less derision and won more respect.
  事实上，如果我去做一个苦行僧，就是一个行乞的圣人，在英属印度的宽阔道路上拿着碗乞讨，也不会遇到那么多嘲笑，反而还会赢得更多尊敬。
• But this year, a nation that has perennially extended a begging bowl to the world is instead feeding its hungry neighbors.
  但是，今年这个长期以来一直乞求世界各国对它进行援助的国家，却开始有余力来支援它饥饿的邻国了。
• China has a while to get its act together before the fourth generation ends up with a begging bowl.
  在中国企业家的第四代落得行乞下场之前，他们还有时间采取行动。
• He said earlier that he is not holding out a begging bowl.
  他早先说他不会伸手去乞求援助。
• Government cutbacks have forced the university to go to large companies with a begging bowl.
  政府削减经费迫使大学去找大公司讨钱。
• Privatisation will then turn its golden begging bowl into a golden hall.
  而私有化将把希腊的黄金讨饭碗变成一座金色大厅。
• My show, to be called The Begging Bowl, would make the CEOs of failing businesses compete for loans and handouts.
  我的节目（名为行乞碗）将让那些破产企业的首席执行官进行竞争，以获得贷款和救济。
• The buddha of the human realm is a buddha with a begging bowl.
  示现于〉人间的佛陀是一位手持乞钵的佛陀。
• Another Hong Kong-listed Chinese property company has put out the begging bowl.
  又一家在香港上市的中国房地产公司寻求化缘。
• But by carrying a begging bowl, in fact, it is as though you always have something to put things into.
  但是，带著托钵，事实上好似你永远都有个东西是可以放入什麽的。