old-boy network

基本解释

The old boy network helps in getting jobs.
找工作时校友关系很管用。
Sometimes we think the only way to get a good job is through the old boy network.
有时我们认为要找一份好差事，惟一的办法就是通过私人关系。
I heard on the old boy network that there will soon be a vacant seat on the board of a leading merchant bank.
我在非正式专业协会听说一家主要的商业银行马上会有一个空缺的董事位子。
Go and see Mr Smith if you want a job,and mention my name. We were at the same school and he'll help if he can. I see. It's the old boy network.
如果你想找工作的话。去见史密斯先生并提及我的名字。我们是校友。如果他帮得上忙的话，他会帮助你的。我明白了，这是熟人联系网。
British managers became managers by studying English literature and Egyptology at Oxford and by going through the Old Boy Network.
英国的经理人通过在牛津大学学习英国文学和古埃及学以及凭借老同学的关系网而成为经理。

the appointment to power of former pupils of the same small group of public schools or universities