作者:城市网 来源:城市网学院 更新日期:2013-2-1
A:This small town has many serious problems. 这个小镇存在很多严重的问题。 B:What's the case? 什么原因呢? A:The mayor and high officials practice cronyism and a large number of guys who are good at nothing occupy many important positions. 市长和官员们任人唯亲,一大批不学无术之人占据了很多重要的职位。 B:I see why it lags behind other towns. 我明白这个城镇为何落后于其他城镇了。 地道表达: cronyism 解词释义: 这是从cronyism派生而来的一个词语。Crony的本义是“亲密的伙伴”,而cronyism则派生为“友谊,交友,能力”,引申为“任人唯亲”。 支持范例: Eg. Many small town mayor and city official practice cronyism. 许多小镇的市长和大城市的官员都有任人唯亲的行为。 词海拾贝: 1.a large number of:大量的,很多的 Eg. During the economic recession the factory terminated a large number of workers. 经济衰退时期这家工厂解雇了许多工人。 Eg. A large number of books have been stolen from the library. 图书馆遗失了很多书。 Eg. The library contains a large number of foreign language reference books. 图书馆有大量的外文参考书。 Eg. He transacts business with a large number of stores. 他与很多商店进行交易。 2.be good at:擅长 Eg. I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them. 我不擅于运动,但我喜欢看。 Eg. He is good at managing money matters. 他很会理财。 Eg. He's well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done. 他常常是好心办不出好事。 Eg. She is good at smoothing these little problems out. 她善于妥善解决这一类小问题。 3. occupy many important positions:占据很多重要职位 4. high officials:高级官员 5. has many serious problems:存在很多严重问题
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