trickle down
phrasal verbtrickle down
- (especially of money
) to spread from rich to poor people through the economic system of a country尤指钱 (经国家经济体制)由富人向穷人涓滴 - Wealth is failing to trickle down through society.
财富未能渗透到整个社会。
- Wealth is failing to trickle down through society.