old school tie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌold school ˈtie noun the old school tie British English the situation that exists when people who went to the same private school use their influence to help each other get work or other advantages 〔私立学校毕业生之间互相帮助提携的〕校友关系，校友纽带 a system based on social class and the old school tie 以社会阶层和校友关系为基础的体制

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old school tie• He comes across as being vaguely aristocratic, patrician, old school tie.

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old school tie
ˌold school ˈtie

noun
the old school tie British English the situation that exists when people who went to the same private school use their influence to help each other get work or other advantages:

a system based on social class and the old school tie

old school tie

BrE

/ˌəʊld skuːl ˈtaɪ/

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NAmE

/ˌoʊld skuːl ˈtaɪ/

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[countable]

a tie worn by former students of a particular school, especially a private one （尤指私立学校的）校友领带

the old school tie

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used to refer to the fact of men who went to the same private school using their influence to help each other at work or socially, and to the traditional attitudes they share （私立学校校友间的）相互关照，校友情谊，共有的思想观念