old boy
nounIdioms- old boy(British English) a man who used to be a student at a particular school, usually a private one/ˈəʊld bɔɪ//ˈəʊld bɔɪ/
（通常指私立学校的）校友 - They’re having an old boys’ reunion next month.
他们下个月要举行老男孩聚会。
- They’re having an old boys’ reunion next month.
- old boy(especially British English, informal) an informal way of referring to an old man that can show a lack of respect/ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ//ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ/
一种非正式的称呼老人的方式，可能会表现出不尊重 - The old boy next door has died.
隔壁的老头去世了。
see also good old boy, old girl - The old boy next door has died.
Idioms
the old boy network
- (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 to former students of the school or university that they went to
校友关系网；校友间的互相关照 - Recruiting staff used to be done by means of the old boy network.
过去，招聘员工是通过老男孩网络来完成的。 - Most of the managers were chosen by the old boy network and many of them turned out to be incompetent.
大多数经理是通过校友关系网上位的，他们中的很多人被证明不胜其任。
- Recruiting staff used to be done by means of the old boy network.