English Dictionary

fence-mending

名詞

不可算名詞

(politics) Social assistance given to a community in order to retain popularity with the electorate. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fence, mend.

日本語の意味

（政治用語として）有権者の支持や人気を維持するために、地域社会に提供される社会的援助。 / （直訳的意味）柵（フェンス）の修理、または塀・柵を修復する行為。

The senator's fence-mending included new playgrounds and local grants timed perfectly before the election.

その上院議員の有権者の支持を維持するための地域支援には、選挙前に絶妙なタイミングで行われた新しい遊び場や地域助成金が含まれていた。

意味（1）

(politics) Social assistance given to a community in order to retain popularity with the electorate.

In summary, the recognition of the mandate of a group by government is useful not only to the group's leaders but to government as well. The existence and operations of organized groups introduce an element of stability into the political process; […] they enable government to carry on a continuous process of “fence mending” by continually drawing attention to the fences which require mending; […]

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fence, mend.