coterie
英 [ˈkəʊtəri]
美 [ˈkoʊtəri]
n. (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子,小集团
BNC.22254 / COCA.23134
牛津词典
noun
- (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子,小集团
a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT-COLL (志趣相投而排外的)小集团,小圈子
Acoterie ofa particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.- The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
他录制的这些歌是由几名酷爱音乐的作曲家谱写的。
- The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
英英释义
noun
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
双语例句
- The coterie magazine had acted an very important role in Wusi times, the relationships tangled with Wusi culture enabled itself to have the unprecedented complexity and the born vulnerability.
同人杂志在五四时期扮演了至关重要的角色,它与五四文化这种纠结的关系使其本身具有空前的复杂性和与生俱来的脆弱性。 - Shanghai Chaos Investing Co is one of a coterie of funds exercising a growing impact on global metals markets, where the price of everything from aluminium drinks cans to lead batteries is set.
上海混沌投资公司是少数对全球金属市场发挥越来越大影响的基金之一,从铝制饮料罐到铅电池等各种金属的价格都在这个市场确定。 - They work as drivers or nannies, or blend into a businessman's coterie looking like a secretary, a briefcase carrier or a toady.
他们的工作看似司机、保姆,或者以秘书,、拎公文包者、拍马屁者的形象出现在商务圈里。 - Colleagues at the IMF say Lagarde has already delivered a change of tone; whereas Strauss-Kahn used to issue orders and rely on a narrow coterie of advisers, Lagarde has taken pains to consult a wide group of people.
拉加德在imf的新同事们说,这位新总裁已经展现出了不同的风格;斯特劳斯-卡恩通常直接下命令、并依赖亲信圈的意见,而拉加德则不厌其烦地咨询许多人。 - A new coterie of wealthy buyers from Asia, Russia and the Middle East is said to be one of the main drivers.
来自亚洲、俄罗斯和中东的新一批富有买家,据称是主要驱动力之一。 - So they didn't want one king to arise, and they didn't want a small coterie of leaders to arise.
所以他们不能让一个国王崛起,不能让一个小团体壮大。 - On the contrary, finance and nuclear science are now controlled by a tiny coterie of technical experts, on whom everyone else depends.
相反,金融和核科学如今控制在一小群技术专家手中,其他所有人则依赖于他们。 - Critics fear that two aspects in particular could hand Google too much power, while also leaving a coterie of publishers and authors with disproportionate sway over setting prices for digital works, to the detriment of readers.
批评人士尤其担心在两方面可能给了谷歌太多权利,同时也在数字著作定价方面留给了出版商和作者群不成比例的影响力,会有损读者利益。 - Over the years he has gathered around him a coterie of powerful businessman.
多年来他身边聚集了一小搓有权势的商人。 - For, in the imaginations of a coterie of physicists, biologists and engineers, an alternative world is taking shape.
因为,在一群物理学家,生物学家和工程师的想象中,另一个世界已经逐渐成形。