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

• 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。
• He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies
  他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
• The general and his cronies are now awaiting trial for drugsmuggling.
  这位将军和他的同谋们因走私毒品现正在等待对他们的审判。
• He was sharing a nocturnal poker game with out-of-town cronies from another utility.
  他正同几位来自外地的另一家公用公司的老朋友打扑克。
• As prime minister from 2001 to 2006, he was accused of using his power to favour the businesses of his family and associated cronies, while Thai police were blamed for thousands of extra-judicial killings in the name of a war on drugs.
  在2001至2006年担任总理期间，他信被控利用职权偏袒其家族企业和裙带关系，同时泰国警方被指责假借打击贩毒之名非法杀害了数千人。
• Mr Buffett told the rich that, instead of giving their wealth to "a bunch of old cronies", they should shop around for the best foundations.
  巴菲特先生告诉有钱人们，他们应该为自己的财富找一个最好的基金会，而不是交给“一帮老伙计们”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。