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

• Crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors are often suggested as two rival explanations for currency crisis.
  亲密资本和预期自致型模型被认为是对货币危机的两个典型的对立的解释。
• Even in East Asia, crony capitalism, and not open capital accounts, was seen as the cause of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.
  即使在东亚，裙带资本主义（而非开放的资本账户）被视为导致1997/98年亚洲金融危机的原因。
• But that is now changing, as cadres meld seamlessly into the world of crony capitalism.
  不过，随着很多官员融入权贵资本主义世界，情况正在改变。
• 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。
• By contrast in Ukraine, as in Russia, crony capitalism took hold.
  相比之下，乌克兰就像在俄罗斯那样，裙带资本主义生根发芽。
• 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。
• 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。
• The private sector operated by earning privileges from the state, leading to a form of crony capitalism that only helped a few, and undermined exports and jobs.
  私营部门的运作要依靠政府提供的特权，形成一种只有利于少数人的裙带资本主义，对出口和就业造成破坏。
• Only thing failing is crony capitalism and socialism.
  只有裙带资本主义和社会主义才失败。
• Returned the really astonished Passepartout, recognizing his crony of the` Mongolia '.
  路路通非常惊奇地回答说，他认出了这位在蒙古号上跟他同船的旅伴。