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

• 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。
• Only Tony Blair and his cronies want it, no one else.
  只有布莱尔和他的亲信要加入欧元，没有其他人想这样。
• 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。
• 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。
• Grandfather often toddled round to the club for a chat with his cronies.
  祖父时常摇摇晃晃地到俱乐部去找他的老朋友聊天。
• 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。
• So when I met two old flying cronies for lunch, I asked them the same question.
  当我和两位资深空姐用午餐时，索兴问她们同样的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• A farewell drink with his cronies.
  与他的密友们喝的告别酒。