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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To be pro-business means allowing politicians and officials to retain authority over economic decisions, leading to crony capitalism.
  支持企业意味着让政客和官员保留经济决策大权，从而滋生裙带资本主义。
• 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。
• Your crony factor ( 10%): do you play quoits with Mr. roover?
  亲信因素（10%）：你会跟鲁弗先生玩套圈游戏吗？
• 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。