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nepotism

/nep-uh-tiz-uhm/US // ˈnɛp əˌtɪz əm //UK // (ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm) //

裙带关系,任人唯亲,唯亲主义,唯利是图

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.

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Examples

  • He recently came under fire, accused of nepotism for awarding PPE contracts to a fashion company that pays his son to show its clothes on his Instagram channel.

  • The big twist is that by requesting those documents, Hall did in fact uncover a nepotism problem plaguing UT admissions.

  • Corruption and nepotism are rampant in the Afghan Army and “it would collapse without U.S. financial support,” the major says.

  • This is a brand new work by Lucy Hogg (yes,  my wife – nepotism 'r us), from a series documenting how people use art museums.

  • A Haaretz editorial was more explicit, dubbing the election of Yosef and Lau “a victory for nepotism.”

  • This is not the first time Sirleaf has been charged with nepotism.

  • But Dredge was only thirty-four, and some people seemed to feel that there was a kind of deflected nepotism in Lanfear's choice.

  • He exposed the nepotism of bishops, the worldliness of clergymen, and the indifference of Church-people to religion in general.

  • Home is the nest of nefarious nepotism, and between that and disparaging prejudice, countless youths go to the devil.

  • In the Sacred College as elsewhere nepotism and an exaggerated estimate of temporal interests were rife.

  • The influence of nepotism on sub-infeudation, in the case of ecclesiastical fiefs, is too important to be passed over.