old boy network

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism. idiomatic
    — His hiring and promotion of senior officers rested not on merit but on an old-boy network of connections from Wall Street and the Social Register.

词形变化

old boy networks plural old-boy network alternative
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