clique

英 [kliːk]

美 [kliːk]

n.  派系; 私党; 小集团; 小圈子
vi.  结派; 结党

复数：cliques　

GRE计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.19390 / COCA.15142

牛津词典

noun

• 派系；私党；小集团；小圈子
  a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 派系;小集团
  If you describe a group of people as aclique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
  1. Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
     最近，安娜·福特对她认为阻碍了女性在电视业发展的男性集团进行了猛烈抨击。

英英释义

noun

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  Synonym:coterieingroupinner circlepackcamp

双语例句

• The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals.
  这俱乐部被知识分子小集团把持着。
• And it seemed like every clique had its own problems.
  看上去好像每个小圈子中都有自己的问题。
• As for the leading spirits of the Hu Feng clique, they have had disputes with us on many occasions before and since liberation.
  作为一个集团的代表人物，在解放以前和解放以后，他们和我们的争论已有多次了。
• After careful investigation of many of these persons, this clique was found to be of some size.
  许多人认真一查，查出了他们是一个不大不小的集团。
• Improvements and Applications of Cluster Analysis Algorithm CLIQUE
  聚类分析算法CLIQUE的改进及应用
• But I have a clear conscience, partly because I have never tried to form a clique.
  但是我问心无愧，其中一点就是从来不搞小圈子。
• The wicked clique undermined the government and the state was thrown into turmoil.
  奸党乱政，国无宁日。
• The eunuch clique was so powerful, yet corrupt, that when Li Zicheng, the leader of an uprising during the late Ming dynasty, finally conquered the capital city, he kicked out all the eunuchs.
  太监集团非常强大，而且腐败，直到当李自成（明末起义军的首领）终于攻破了明朝首都，他除掉了所有的太监。
• Q: Was there a supermodel clique in your era?
  问：在你同时代的超级模特中有没有比较要好的一群朋友？
• Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
  最近，安娜·福特对她认为阻碍了女性在电视业发展的男性集团进行了猛烈抨击。