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

• 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。
• Businessmen may be worthy of government grants. But Americans are more likely to call them cronies than entrepreneurs.
  商人也许值得接受政府资助，但美国人更可能会把他们称为亲信而不是企业家。
• 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。
• A farewell drink with his cronies.
  与他的密友们喝的告别酒。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old man's former cronies are all dead.
  老人的往日故旧都已作古。
• 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。
• So he devised a plan and hired some cronies to help him.
  因此他制定了计划并雇了一些亲信来帮助他。
• 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。