English Dictionary

trickle-down

adj

That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others. / (economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.

The trickle-down effect of economic policies can be seen in the widening income gap.

意味（1）

That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.

His name is Harry E Thompson and his Trickle-Down solar heating system is the basis for this book.

意味（2）

(economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.

In addition, it examines the trickle-down effects of economic development as espoused by market theorists in the urban economic development literature. Policymakers in Rockford used the trickle-down logic of market theory to justify a […]