迷你对话学地道口语第84期:任人唯亲
时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语
迷你对话:
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 officialspractice cronyismand 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 1
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 2 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