单词风暴之cronyism (裙带关系)今天我们来谈谈在官场或者职场上很常见的一个现象,那就是:裙带关系cronyism任人唯亲,任用亲信:partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on(逢迎者;攀附权贵者) to office without regard to their qualifications顺便提一下,cronyism还有个亲兄弟叫nepotism(和nephew有关)图源于网络cronyism来自crony, 意思是“密友”,“好朋友”("friend" or "pal") 词源可能来自Greek word chronios, meaning "long-lasting," 或者chronos, meaning "time."看看下面几个单词是不是都认识(都和时间有关系):chronicle编年史chronic慢性的anachronism过时的人(或风俗、思想); 弄错年代, 时代错误synchronous同步的;同时的在19世纪的时候cronyism还不是一个负面词汇,仅表示“
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