crony

英 [ˈkrəʊni]

美 [ˈkroʊni]

n.  好友; 密友

复数：cronies　

Collins.1 / BNC.19233 / COCA.13579

牛津词典

noun

• 好友；密友
  a person that sb spends a lot of time with
  1. He was playing cards with his cronies.
     他当时正与他那些狐朋狗友玩牌。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  Synonym:buddybrotherchumpalsidekick

双语例句

• Detractors see the bank as a symbol of crony capitalism because of its support for companies such as Boeing.
  由于该行对波音（Boeing）等企业的支持，贬低者们将该行视为裙带资本主义的象征。
• 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。
• The country must move from what the report calls "crony capitalism and petty corruption" to something different.
  印度必须改变报告称之为“裙带资本主义和轻度腐败”的现象。
• Western economies are afflicted with their own versions of crony capitalism.
  西方经济体也存在自己的裙带资本主义。
• Their fortunes were also boosted by monopolistic power and crony capitalism.
  而垄断力量和权贵资本主义也增加了他们的财富。
• Once achieved, the whole apparatus of state ( and the vested interests and crony capitalism that flourished then) was essentially wired to maintain the status quo, and do so regardless of performance.
  一旦拥有了权力，整个国家机器（以及当时繁荣昌盛的特权阶级和裙带资本主义）会从根本上进入维持现状的状态，无论执政者们表现如何都将一如既往地运作。
• The second kind of barrier to entry is that of crony capitalism.
  第二个准入壁垒是裙带资本主义。
• Under Mr Medvedev, Russia's system of crony capitalism, entrenched corruption, a powerful security service and the absence of any rule of law has continued unchecked.
  在梅德韦杰夫任期，对于俄罗斯的裙带资本主义，根深蒂固的腐败，强有力的安全保障和对法律的缺失没有多少作为。
• Crony capitalism is very different from the market economy.
  裙带资本主义与市场经济相去甚远。
• Given the dual voting share structures and crony boards that exist at the likes of Google and Facebook, that is a serious stricture.
  考虑到谷歌（Google）、Facebook等美国公司存在的双重投票权结构以及董事会成员间的密友关系，这是一项非常严厉的批评。