the old boy network
noun [singular] (British English, informal, often disapproving)(especially in the past) the situation in many British companies, government departments and branches of the armed forces where people give jobs and other privileges to 'old boys' (= former students) of the public school or university that they went to 老男孩网：（尤其是在过去）许多英国公司，政府部门和武装部队部门的情况，人们向公立学校或大学的“老男孩”（即以前的学生）提供工作和其他特权，他们去了 Most of the managers were chosen by the old boy network and many of them turned out to be incompetent. 大多数经理都是由老男孩网络选择的，他们中的许多人都不称职。