迷你對話：

A:This small town has many serious problems.

這個小鎮(zhèn)存在很多嚴重的問題。

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.

市長和官員們任人唯親，一大批不學無術之人占據(jù)了很多重要的職位。

B:I see why it lags behind other towns.

我明白這個城鎮(zhèn)為何落后于其他城鎮(zhèn)了。

地道表達：

cronyism

解詞釋義：

這是從cronyism派生而來的一個詞語。Crony的本義是“親密的伙伴”，而cronyism則派生為“友誼，交友，能力”，引申為“任人唯親”。

支持范例：

Eg. Many small town mayor and city official practice cronyism.

許多小鎮(zhèn)的市長和大城市的官員都有任人唯親的行為。

詞海拾貝：

1.a large number of：大量的，很多的

Eg. During the economic recession the factory terminated a large number of workers.

經(jīng)濟衰退時期這家工廠解雇了許多工人。

Eg. A large number of books have been stolen from the library.

圖書館遺失了很多書.

Eg. The library contains a large number of foreign language reference books.

圖書館有大量的外文參考書。

Eg. He transacts business with a large number of stores. 他與很多商店進行交易。

2.be good at：擅長

Eg. I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them.

我不擅于運動，但我喜歡看。

Eg. He is good at managing money matters.

他很會理財。

Eg. He's well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.

他常常是好心辦不出好事.

Eg. She is good at smoothing these little problems out.

她善于妥善解決這一類小問題。

3. occupy many important positions：占據(jù)很多重要職位

4. high officials：高級官員

5. has many serious problems：存在很多嚴重問題

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