trickle down

基本解释

It was only then that her still face showed the least emotion, a tear or two beginning to trickle down.
直到那個時候，她麻木的臉上才露出一點兒感情來，一兩顆淚珠開始從臉上流下來。
Even in an expanding economy, the benefits of growth do not always trickle down to the slums very fast. That is why other policies are needed, too.
同時，甚至在經濟擴張下，貧民區也不竝縂能立即享受到發展的成果，此時就需要借助其他政策工具。
Information technology has already had a huge effect on the productivity of large businesses, but the benefits from "trickle down productivity" may be even more significant.
信息科技已經對大型企業的生産力産生了重大的影響但是從"水滴石漏型生産力"中産生的傚益或許才更顯著.

"I think this is the big problem of the Abhisit government because his government still believes in trickle-down effect."
On the ground, this oftentimes... It just does not trickle down.
在實際情況中，這有時。,要知道，人權法是不會消失的。
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Eventually, however, the effects of the financial crisis will trickle down to the real economy.
ECONOMIST: Wall Street's financial troubles hit Hong Kong
Merchandise sales boost league revenues, of which the Clippers will receive some trickle down.
FORBES: MERCHANDISE SALES, WEBSITE TRAFFIC, TV RATINGS ALL RISING

The trickle-down theory is the theory that benefits given to people at the top of a system will eventually be passed on to people lower down the system. For example, if the rich receive tax cuts, they will pass these benefits on to the poor by creating jobs.