back-scratching

back-scratching

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• 网络为共同利益而互相利用；非理性互助

例句

Third come the chief executive officers, whose incomes can be enhanced by the back-scratching of their peers.

第三类是首席执行官，同僚间的相互照顾能提高他们的收入。

But the favour system is far from altruistic or always positive: unspoken mutual back-scratching is common, note the authors.

但这样的恩惠制度远不是利他的或总是正面的：不说出口的互开方便之门是常见的，作者指出。

Back-scratching: there is too much back-scratching in local politics in this town.

这个城镇的地方政治中互开方便之门的事情太多了。