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Nepotism is when someone in power gives the good jobs, the contracts, or the easy path to their own family, instead of to the person who earned it.
Nepotism裙帶關係 is when指的是 someone in power有權力的人 gives把 the good jobs, the contracts, or the easy path好工作、合約，或輕鬆的路 to their own family給自己的家人 instead of to the person who earned it而不是給真正應得的人
It is an accusing word: you say it when you think the choice was unfair. Offices, governments, and old family firms all get accused of it. The feeling is “they got it because they are family, not because they are best”.
It is an accusing word這是一個帶指責意味的詞 when you think the choice was unfair當你覺得這個選擇不公平的時候 you say it你會這樣說 Offices, governments, and old family firms辦公室、政府和老牌家族企業 all get accused of it都會被這樣指責 The feeling is那種感覺就是 "they got it because they are family, not because they are best"「他們拿到是因為是自家人，不是因為他們最優秀」
Though actually, helping family is normal in many places, and people argue about where looking after your own ends and nepotism begins.
Though actually不過其實 helping family is normal in many places在很多地方幫助家人是很正常的 and people argue about人們也會爭論 where looking after your own ends and nepotism begins照顧自己人跟裙帶關係之間的界線到底在哪裡
The word has a church history: it comes from Latin for nephew, because popes used to make relatives — most often nephews — into cardinals.
The word has a church history這個字有一段教會歷史 it comes from Latin for nephew它來自拉丁文「姪子」 because popes used to make relatives因為以前教宗常常把親戚 most often nephews最常見的是姪子 into cardinals封為樞機主教
組成From French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepōs (nephew). Named for the old papal habit of making relatives, most often nephews, into cardinals.
同家族的字
- nephewsame Latin nepōs, nephew / descendant
- nepotisticthe adjective: of that unfair family-favouring
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nepotismnoun/ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm/
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The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
- Nepotism can get you very far in the world if you've got the right connections.
- Now retailers even demand deslotting or failure fees, a penalty for trial products that fail to meet their sales objectives. The struggle over display space heavily favors the incumbents and encourages what might be called brand nepotism.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。