饵名钓禄ěr míng diào lù

形容以虚假手段谋取功名利禄： 更有时文八股一道，因平素深恶此道，原非圣贤之制撰，焉能阐发圣贤之微奥，不过作后人～之阶。(七三·1773)

谋求名利

谋求功名：求名
谋求功绩，希求宠信：邀功希宠
谋求名声：徼名
用不正当手段谋求名声和官职：饵名钓禄
谋求虚名：治名
谋求资助：营丐
出卖主人以谋荣华富贵：卖主求荣
出卖朋友以谋求名利、地位：卖友求荣 贩交买名
出卖国家以谋求荣华富贵：卖国求荣 求荣卖国
舍身以求名：殉名

饵名钓禄ěr míng diào lù

fish for fame and high position
❍ 更有时文八股一道，因平素深恶，说这原非圣贤之制撰，焉能阐发圣贤之奥，不过是后人～之阶。(《红楼梦》944) Then there were the fashionable eight-section essays which he had always loathed,taking the view that as those were not written by sages or worthies they could not expound the wisdom of sages or worthies and were simply ladders by which later examination candidates climb up to bureaucratic advancement.

饵名钓禄ěr mínɡ diào lù

指用不正当的手段谋取名利禄位。饵： 鱼饵，作动词，诱取。禄： 古代官吏享受的俸给。