cronies

英 [ˈkrəʊniz]

美 [ˈkroʊniz]

n.  好友; 密友
crony的复数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Businessmen may be worthy of government grants. But Americans are more likely to call them cronies than entrepreneurs.
  商人也许值得接受政府资助，但美国人更可能会把他们称为亲信而不是企业家。
• Grandfather often toddled round to the club for a chat with his cronies.
  祖父时常摇摇晃晃地到俱乐部去找他的老朋友聊天。
• He was a geologist, rated by his cronies as the best in the business.
  他是地质学家，被他的老朋友们看作是这门行当中最好的一位。
• Critics say that the government restaffed the firm with incompetent cronies and placemen.
  批判者指责政府重新雇佣的人员都是些无能的废物。
• The old man's former cronies are all dead.
  老人的往日故旧都已作古。
• It would be wrong to oust Russia from the International Monetary Fund or stop its membership of the World Trade Organisation, because open markets and international standards will only expose Mr Putin and his cronies.
  迫使俄罗斯退出国际货币基金组织（imf）或阻止其加入世界贸易组织（wto）将是错误的，因为开放的市场和国际准则反会让普京及其亲信暴露在世人面前。
• We think it was John and some of his cronies that did it.
  我认为这是约翰和他的一些密友们干的事。
• The minister's always doing favours for his cronies.
  部长总是给他那伙老朋友好处。
• But sanctions that penalise members of the former junta and their cronies should stay, until there is more evidence that the military men really are ready to cede power.
  但是对前军政府成员及其密友的制裁应该保留，直到有更多的证据表明军人们真正准备放弃权力。
• Mr Putin has packed the Kremlin and state companies with cronies, suggesting he trusts only long-time friends and is intensely loyal.
  普京在克里姆林宫和国有公司内到处安插自己的亲信，这表明，他只信任长期盟友，为人十分忠诚。