featherbed

劍橋詞典

to protect someone, especially a group of workers , too much and make things easy for them
使（尤指工人）安逸，過度保護(hù)

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）給予的幫助或優(yōu)惠政策（如降低稅收等以保護(hù)該產(chǎn)業(yè)，尤指降低其失業(yè)率） 返回 featherbed