Nepotism
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 裙带关系
- ［英］ n. 裙带关系 ( patronage or favoritism based on family relationship)
- ［类］ nepotism : relative / cronyism : friend ( 裙带关系是任用亲戚 / 任人唯友是任用朋友)
- ［记］ nepot ( =nephew侄甥) +ism -> 裙带关系
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepote nephew, from Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew
- Date: 1670
- favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
- ? nepotistic adjective
