cronyism

noun

1. 任人唯亲；任用亲信
   the situation in which people in power give jobs to their friends

1. 任人唯亲;任用亲信
   If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.

1. At its most extreme, this can lead to what might be called "familiarity corruption," a kind of cronyism where directors turn to people like themselves to fill critical positions.
   如果这种现状发展到极致，就会导致“熟人腐败”现象，也就是说，董事们会让与他们气味相投的人来担任重要职位。
2. Traders suggested that they had been spooked by concerns that the cronyism and opaque insider dealings that have long plagued business here had spread to monetary policy.
   货币交易商暗示，他们受到惊吓，是因为担心长期困扰着俄工商业的任人唯亲和不透明的内幕交易，已经蔓延到货币政策方面。
3. He estimates Venezuela needs$ 161-a-barrel oil to break even this year after decades of cronyism and mismanagement of its energy sector under the leftist government of Hugo Ch á vez.
   据他估计，数十年来，在乌戈·查韦斯（HugoChávez）的左翼政府领导下，委内瑞拉任人唯亲，能源部门管理不善。今年，它需要把油价设定在每桶161美元，才能达到收支平衡。
4. In particular, they said an influx of cash from China and political cronyism into the former British colony could undermine fairness in the territory's banking sector.
   尤其值得一提的是，他们表示，来自内地的大量资金和政治上的任人唯亲可能有损香港银行业的公平性。
5. It is the friend of the deep pocket. It is the friend of cronyism.
   复杂是有钱人的朋友，也是朋党营私的朋友。
6. This explains why Philippine officials are often accused of taking bribes and cronyism.
   这些问题，就是为何菲律宾官员经常被指贪赃枉法、朋党营私的答案。
7. A spell in opposition seemed apt punishment for the incompetence, cronyism and extremism of the Bush presidency.
   反对浪潮似乎对布什总统的无能，虚伪和极端的适当惩罚。
8. Cronyism and pressure groups dominate, rather than supply based on quality, service and price.
   任人唯亲和压力团体（pressuregroup）占据主导地位，而不是基于质量、服务和价格供应产品的做法。
9. The conservatives applied the same policies predicated on vested interests and corruption, and so are currently also suffering from their history of covering up deficits and perpetuating a culture of cronyism and mismanagement.
   保守派同样施行植根于既得利益和腐败的政策，因而目前也正为自己掩盖赤字、沿袭任人唯亲和管理不善传统的一贯做法而承担恶果。
10. Rather, cronyism, rifts between rival oligarchs, political expediency, populism and the wish to please a public resentful of the privatisations of the 1990s all played into the decision.
    相反，任人唯亲、寡头之间的不和、政治上的权宜之计、民粹主义，以及想要取悦对20世纪90年代私有化怀着不满情绪的民众，所有这些才是促成阿根廷政府作出国有化决策的因素。
11. One is that it will lead to increased corruption, cronyism and the erosion of managers 'incentives to perform.
    其中之一，就是它将导致腐败和任人唯亲的现象日益增长，并削弱管理者有所建树的动力。
12. In the parliamentary poll, held at the same time as the presidential one, Kenyans sent a clear message of disgust with corruption and cronyism.
    议会选举投票是与总统大选投票同时进行的，在投票过程中，肯尼亚选民的立场非常清楚，即厌恶政府的腐败行为与任用亲信的作风。
13. The political meddling goes beyond the cronyism and patronage that undermine their operations.
    政治干预远不止于破坏企业运营的任人唯亲和裙带关系。
14. 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。
15. The party's most effective tool in elevating competence over cronyism over the last decade has been a resolutely old-fashioned one.
    过去十年来，党试图超越裙带关系，转而注重能力。在这方面最有效的手段绝对是一种老式做法。
16. The risk is particularly strong in a region where cronyism between government and business is rife and where political connections count unusually heavily in commercial success.
    在政府和企业中普遍存在任人唯亲现象，同时商业成功在很大程度上取决于政治关系的亚洲地区，这种风险尤为巨大。
17. He knows that the government operates on the basis of meritocracy and shuns nepotism and cronyism.
    他会知道，政府一向任人唯贤，绝不会任人唯亲，纵容裙带关系。
18. In the rich world the cronyism is better-hidden.
    在富裕世界，任人唯亲现象隐藏得比较深。
19. With adequate safeguards, i.e., reputation, cronyism may be avoided.
    因为适当的防护，如声誉、任用亲信可能被避免。
20. Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office. Many small town mayor and city official practice cronyism.
    任人唯亲在委以政治职位时无视其资历而对老朋友进行的偏袒许多小镇的市长和大城市的官员都有任人唯亲的行为。
21. The willingness of business to rub along with political power can easily degenerate into cronyism and cosy collusion against the public interest, of which there are all too many examples in Asia.
    企业与政治力量和睦相处的意愿，很容易堕落成任人唯亲和违背公共利益的暧昧合谋。这种例子在亚洲不胜枚举。
22. What all forms of cronyism share is a passion for secrecy and a hatred of open discussion.
    各种类型的裙带资本主义有一个共同的特点：喜欢遮遮掩掩，厌恶公开讨论。
23. Since reform and opening, in rapid economic development of colleagues through the back door, cronyism, lawlessness and other ethical problems frequently arise, the administrative ethics of research have begun to rise.
    改革开放以来，在经济迅速发展的同事，走后门、任人惟亲、违法乱纪等伦理问题也频频出现，有关行政伦理的研究也开始兴起。

noun

1. favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)