coterie

英 [ˈkəʊtəri]

美 [ˈkoʊtəri]

n.  (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子，小集团

GRE

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  Synonym:cliqueingroupinner circlepackcamp

双语例句

• 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。
• But do they need to pander to the irrational wishes and fantasies of this coterie?
  但他们需要迎合非理性的愿望和幻想吗？
• Seventy-five years after Benjamin Graham and David Dodd wrote Security Analysis, a growing coterie of modern-day value investors remain deeply indebted to them.
  本杰明•格雷厄姆和大卫•多德写成《证券分析》已经七十五个春秋了，摩登时代的价值投者家们不断加入其同仁的行列，至今仍对他们感激涕零。
• Mary and her coterie gave a party to which we were not invited.
  玛利和她的圈内朋友举行派对，我们没被邀请。
• 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。
• 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。
• Instead they evoke a series of allegorical meanings that would have mystified all but his coterie of young, aristocratic patrons.
  但却充满寓意，迷惑了他几乎所有的年轻的贵族资助者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。