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

• We think it was John and some of his cronies that did it.
  我认为这是约翰和他的一些密友们干的事。
• The minister's always doing favours for his cronies.
  部长总是给他那伙老朋友好处。
• Mr Buffett told the rich that, instead of giving their wealth to "a bunch of old cronies", they should shop around for the best foundations.
  巴菲特先生告诉有钱人们，他们应该为自己的财富找一个最好的基金会，而不是交给“一帮老伙计们”。
• But sanctions that penalise members of the former junta and their cronies should stay, until there is more evidence that the military men really are ready to cede power.
  但是对前军政府成员及其密友的制裁应该保留，直到有更多的证据表明军人们真正准备放弃权力。
• 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。
• 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。
•   When I started writing about Whitehall for the FT my column was full of stories about how civil servants had been sidelined under Labour, their role as advisers usurped by a few prime ministerial cronies.
  当我开始为英国《金融时报》撰写有关白厅的报道时，我的专栏里满是有关工党执政时期公务员是如何受到冷落的报道，他们作为顾问的角色被一小撮首相的密友们所篡夺。
• Most CEOs surround themselves with their cronies.
  多数CEO都会把亲信安排在自己身边。
• As prime minister from 2001 to 2006, he was accused of using his power to favour the businesses of his family and associated cronies, while Thai police were blamed for thousands of extra-judicial killings in the name of a war on drugs.
  在2001至2006年担任总理期间，他信被控利用职权偏袒其家族企业和裙带关系，同时泰国警方被指责假借打击贩毒之名非法杀害了数千人。
• A farewell drink with his cronies.
  与他的密友们喝的告别酒。