hand out jobs to one's close associates place henchmen in important posts place one's trusted followers in key positions
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安插: place in a certain position; assign to a job; plant 短语和例子安插奸细 plant an enemy agent; 安插亲信 place one's trusted followers in key positions; 作者在这里安插了一段倒叙。 at this point the writer puts in [ins