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the old-boy network
idiom
the way in which men who have been to the same expensive school or university help each other to find good jobs: 校友关系网，老同学关系网;老同学间的相互关照
The old-boy network still operates in some City banks.在某些城市商业银行，老同学关系网仍然管用。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
ableism
ableist
agism
agist
Anglocentric
discrimination
discriminative
discriminatorily
discriminatory
drumhead
one-sided
one-sidedly
one-sidedness
one-way
othering
two-tier
unbalance
unequal
unequally
uneven
the old-boy network | Business English
the old-boy network
noun[ S ]
UKdisapprovingukus(alsoold school tie)
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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