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

• In her late sixties she traveled over Europe with a crony of equal years.
  在接近古稀之年，她同一个与她同年的密友漫游欧洲。
• ( Since being deposed, he's had a brother-in-law, a younger sister, and a close business crony in the seat of power).
  （自被罢免之后，他信的姐夫、妹妹和商业密友曾先后执掌政权）。
• 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。
• As for Russia, without the revenue from its energy resources, Vladimir Putin's brand of crony capitalism would have collapsed long ago.
  至于俄罗斯，如果没有能源资源带来的收入，弗拉基米尔普京（VladimirPutin）招牌式的裙带资本主义早就会破产。
• 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。
• Crony capitalism is very different from the market economy.
  裙带资本主义与市场经济相去甚远。
• Some of these funds will invest wisely, but many will pursue non-commercial goals, from job creation to crony enrichment.
  这些基金有的被有效地投资，但是很多则被用于非商业目的，从创造就业到中饱私囊。
• Yet, because Navis does not like to be involved with government in any way-for example, heavily regulated, quasi-private or crony companies-its corporate universe in south-east Asia is relatively limited.
  不过，由于Navis不喜欢以任何方式与政府打交道例如，受到严格监管、准私营或与政府关系密切的企业因此该公司面对的东南亚企业相对有限。
• 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。
• In modern India, rent-seeking takes the form of endemic corruption and the crony capitalism that describes too-close relationships between big business and the state.
  在现代印度，寻租的形式是普遍的腐败和裙带资本主义大企业和政府的关系过于密切。