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

• Western economies are afflicted with their own versions of crony capitalism.
  西方经济体也存在自己的裙带资本主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Detractors see the bank as a symbol of crony capitalism because of its support for companies such as Boeing.
  由于该行对波音（Boeing）等企业的支持，贬低者们将该行视为裙带资本主义的象征。
• Only thing failing is crony capitalism and socialism.
  只有裙带资本主义和社会主义才失败。
• Their fortunes were also boosted by monopolistic power and crony capitalism.
  而垄断力量和权贵资本主义也增加了他们的财富。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。