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.
直到那个时候，她麻木的脸上才露出一点儿感情来，一两颗泪珠开始从脸上流下来。
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.
同时，甚至在经济扩张下，贫民区也不并总能立即享受到发展的成果，此时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.
信息科技已经对大型企业的生产力产生了重大的影响但是从"水滴石漏型生产力"中产生的效益或许才更显著.

"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.
在实际情况中，这有时。,要知道，人权法是不会消失的。
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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.