迷你对话：

A:This small town has many serious problems.

这个小镇存在很多严重的问题。

B:What's the case?

什么原因呢?

A:The mayor and high officialspractice cronyismand a large number of guys who are good at nothing occupy many important positions.

市长和官员们任人唯亲，一大批不学无术之人占据了很多重要的职位。

B:I see why it lags behind other towns.

我明白这个城镇为何落后于其他城镇了。

地道表达：

cronyism

解词释义：

这是从cronyism派生而来的一个词语。Crony的本义是“亲密的伙伴”，而cronyism则派生为“友谊，交友，能力”，引申为“任人唯亲”。

支持范例：

Eg. 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。

词海拾贝：

1.a large number of：大量的，很多的

Eg. During the economic recession the factory terminated a large number of workers.

经济衰退时期这家工厂解雇了许多工人。

Eg. A large number of books have been stolen from the library.

图书馆遗失了很多书.

Eg. The library contains a large number of foreign language reference books.

图书馆有大量的外文参考书。

Eg. He transacts business with a large number of stores. 他与很多商店进行交易。

2.be good at：擅长

Eg. I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them.

我不擅于运动，但我喜欢看。

Eg. He is good at managing money matters.

他很会理财。

Eg. He's well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.

他常常是好心办不出好事.

Eg. She is good at smoothing these little problems out.

她善于妥善解决这一类小问题。

3. occupy many important positions：占据很多重要职位

4. high officials：高级官员

5. has many serious problems：存在很多严重问题