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

• She was a veteran too, but she had no cronies with whom she could refight old battles.
  她也是个老兵。不过她不能和亲密的伙伴来重温往日的战斗了。
• Most CEOs surround themselves with their cronies.
  多数CEO都会把亲信安排在自己身边。
• Since the unrest began, we have imposed strong financial sanctions on Asad and dozens of his cronies.
  自反抗活动开始以来，我们对阿萨德及其数十名亲信实施了严厉的金融制裁。
• I was in no position to shake the proffered hand when the leader introduced himself and his cronies.
  首领自我介绍，然后介绍他的队员，但这时我着实不方便去握住他伸出来的那只手。
• 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。
• So he devised a plan and hired some cronies to help him.
  因此他制定了计划并雇了一些亲信来帮助他。
• He says the Kurdish government allowed cronies to profit from an oil deal, which should have been strictly between Kurdistan and the foreign oil company that won the contract.
  他说，库尔德政府允许他们的亲友从一项石油协议中获利。这本来应该是库尔德地区和外国石油公司之间的协议。
• Depriving Mr Mugabe's cronies of trips to a decent country that works could have a salutary effect.
  禁止穆加贝先生的手下到别的国家访问会带来很好的效果。
• But it did show the problems with overinvestment by cronies.
  但它确实暴露了裙带人士过度投资的问题。
• A farewell drink with his cronies.
  与他的密友们喝的告别酒。