"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他搞裙帶關系。
來自柯林斯例句
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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Many will regard his appointment as the kind of nepotism British banking ought to avoid.
很多人會把他的任命看作是英國銀行業應該避免的一種裙帶關系。
來自辭典例句
4. One is known technically as kin selection, and familiarly as nepotism.
一種形式在學術上稱為親族取向, 并且習慣上叫做裙帶關系.
來自互聯網
5. For example, corruption, collusion and nepotism should be condemned by all Asians.