crony
英 [ˈkrəʊni]
美 [ˈkroʊni]
n. 好友; 密友
复数:cronies
Collins.1 / BNC.19233 / COCA.13579
牛津词典
noun
- 好友;密友
a person that sb spends a lot of time with- He was playing cards with his cronies.
他当时正与他那些狐朋狗友玩牌。
- He was playing cards with his cronies.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 好友;密友;(尤指)狐朋狗友
You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as theircronies, especially when you disapprove of them.- He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后,他回来了。
- He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Western economies are afflicted with their own versions of crony capitalism.
西方经济体也存在自己的裙带资本主义。 - Given the dual voting share structures and crony boards that exist at the likes of Google and Facebook, that is a serious stricture.
考虑到谷歌(Google)、Facebook等美国公司存在的双重投票权结构以及董事会成员间的密友关系,这是一项非常严厉的批评。 - Once achieved, the whole apparatus of state ( and the vested interests and crony capitalism that flourished then) was essentially wired to maintain the status quo, and do so regardless of performance.
一旦拥有了权力,整个国家机器(以及当时繁荣昌盛的特权阶级和裙带资本主义)会从根本上进入维持现状的状态,无论执政者们表现如何都将一如既往地运作。 - Your crony factor ( 10%): do you play quoits with Mr. roover?
亲信因素(10%):你会跟鲁弗先生玩套圈游戏吗? - ( Since being deposed, he's had a brother-in-law, a younger sister, and a close business crony in the seat of power).
(自被罢免之后,他信的姐夫、妹妹和商业密友曾先后执掌政权)。 - He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后,他回来了。 - Only thing failing is crony capitalism and socialism.
只有裙带资本主义和社会主义才失败。 - As for Russia, without the revenue from its energy resources, Vladimir Putin's brand of crony capitalism would have collapsed long ago.
至于俄罗斯,如果没有能源资源带来的收入,弗拉基米尔普京(VladimirPutin)招牌式的裙带资本主义早就会破产。 - By contrast in Ukraine, as in Russia, crony capitalism took hold.
相比之下,乌克兰就像在俄罗斯那样,裙带资本主义生根发芽。 - Even in East Asia, crony capitalism, and not open capital accounts, was seen as the cause of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.
即使在东亚,裙带资本主义(而非开放的资本账户)被视为导致1997/98年亚洲金融危机的原因。