近日，山东省潍坊市又出了个新招，要求人事官员利用关系为毕业生找工作，引起不少议论。 请看《中国日报》的报道： An order for officials to pull strings to ensure jobs for graduates has sparked heated debate in Weifang , Shandong province. 一项要求官员牵线帮助毕业生就业的指令在 ...

在英语里，我们说：to pull strings. Pull是拉的意思；string是绳子的意思。To pull strings连在一起，就是通过重要人物，在幕后操纵，在幕后牵线的意思。

The "shadow shogun" of Japanese politics has finally resigned as president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the country's largest opposition party. Ichiro Ozawa stepped down on May 11 ...

It's never happened in my career. Usually, I don't have to pull strings … I just make it happen,' Johnson, 52, told Entertainment Tonight. 'In this case, it was for a good friend of mine who was ...

Britain’s interior minister on Monday brushed off reports that she tried to pull strings after getting a speeding ticket, saying "nothing untoward" had gone on. Home Secretary Suella Braverman ...