"favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointment to high office," 1660s, from French népotisme (1650s), from Italian nepotismo, from nepote "nephew," from Latin nepotem (nominative nepos) "grandson, nephew" (see nephew). Originally, practice of granting privileges to a pope's "nephew" which was a euphemism for his natural son.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism.
凱奇改了名字以避免別人指責(zé)他搞裙帶關(guān)系。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.
他們有不可救藥的,到處蔓延的裙帶主義.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Many will regard his appointment as the kind of nepotism British banking ought to avoid.