Every week they pass the hat around at church.

每周他们都在教堂募捐。

youdao

Finally, he would pass the hat around Wall Street so that the "bad" parts of the Banks being bailed out would not be borne by an increasingly unhappy American public.

最后，他将在华尔街筹资以避免由日益不满的美国民众来负荷挽救银行中“坏掉”部分的重担。

youdao

Doesn't this rather resemble the pay-for-play scandals of municipal finance, wherein elected treasurers pass the campaign hat around bond-underwriting firms?

FORBES: Pay For Play