| 单词 | featherbed |
| 释义 | featherbed UK [ˌfeð.ə'bed] US [-ɚ-] (-dd-) disapproving verb transitive ■to protect someone, especially a group of workers, too much and make things easy for them 使（尤指工人）安逸，过度保护 ■If a government featherbeds an industry, it gives it a lot of help, such as lower taxes, especially so that jobs will not be lost. （政府为某行业）提供帮助或推行优惠政策（如降低税收以保护该行业，降低其失业率） |
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