Word of the Day:cronyism「任人唯親」

Word of the Day : September 16, 2020

cronyism

任人唯親；任用親信

noun KROH-nee-iz-um

Definition

: partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications

偏愛親信，尤其是在任命政治上崗時就證明了這一點，而不論其資。

Examples

&39;s national parties retained their incoherence because most of the important political power was at the state and local level…. Some states and cities were better governed than others, and there was plenty of cronyism and corruption throughout the country, but the stakes of national elections were lower than today.&34;Civil service regulations attempted to eliminate cronyism by setting strict rules governing hiring, firing and promotions within professional government services…. Under the system used in Idaho Falls, promotions rely heavily on scores from written, oral and other tests.&34;Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him&34;friend&34;pal.&34;long-lasting,&34;time.&39;t turn bad until the next century, when Americans starting using cronyism to refer to the act of playing political favorites.

「不要拋棄老朋友；因為新朋友不能與他媲美」（傳9:10）。裙帶關係者可能會同意。cronyism 一詞在19世紀的crony演變的衍生詞，意為「friend「朋友」」或「pal「朋友」」。Crony 起源於17世紀，起源於英國，意為「 chronios」，意為「long-lasting「持久」」，源自chronos，意為「time「時間」」。十九世紀的 chronyism 僅僅是友誼或結交朋友的能力。直到下個世紀，這個詞開始逐漸用作貶義詞，那時美國人開始使用cronyism來指稱扮演政治上過於偏愛某事某物的行為。

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