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
- Helen won't bowl with us; she has her own coterie of bowling friends.
海伦将不与我们一起滚球;她有她自己的保龄球伙伴朋友。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It would be better not to refer to the actual ages of the voice actresses and coterie authoresses.
请最好不要提及那些明星配音员兼女作家的真实年龄。 - Francoise herself has always said that her legal actions were in fact aimed at protecting her mother from a coterie of gold-digging hangers-on.
而弗朗索瓦一直以来都称其法律行动是为了保护母亲不受大量意欲攀高枝的食客的困扰。 - 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。 - 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。