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单词 the old-boy network
释义
  • English
  • Business

the old-boy network

the way in which men who have been to the same expensive school or university help each other to find good jobs:

The old-boy network still operates in some City banks.

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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly

  • ableism
  • arbitrary
  • be a bit much idiom
  • bias
  • biased
  • favouritism
  • ghettoize
  • hate crime
  • inequitable
  • inequity
  • prejudiced
  • prejudicial
  • sexism
  • sexist
  • shortchange
  • unfair
  • unjust
  • unprovoked
  • unsportsmanlike
  • you're having a laugh idiom

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the old-boy networknoun [ S ]

ukusalso old school tie UK disapproving

the informal system in which men who went to the same school or university help each other to find good jobs or get other social advantages:

He got his City job through the old-boy network.
The interview system seemed to favour the old school tie over academic merit.
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