coterie
英 [ˈkəʊtəri]
美 [ˈkoʊtəri]
n. (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子，小集团
BNC.22254 / COCA.23134
牛津词典
noun
- （志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的）小圈子，小集团
a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT-COLL (志趣相投而排外的)小集团，小圈子
Acoterie ofa particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.- The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
他录制的这些歌是由几名酷爱音乐的作曲家谱写的。
- The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
英英释义
noun
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
双语例句
- Seventy-five years after Benjamin Graham and David Dodd wrote Security Analysis, a growing coterie of modern-day value investors remain deeply indebted to them.
本杰明•格雷厄姆和大卫•多德写成《证券分析》已经七十五个春秋了，摩登时代的价值投者家们不断加入其同仁的行列，至今仍对他们感激涕零。 - Colleagues at the IMF say Lagarde has already delivered a change of tone; whereas Strauss-Kahn used to issue orders and rely on a narrow coterie of advisers, Lagarde has taken pains to consult a wide group of people.
拉加德在imf的新同事们说，这位新总裁已经展现出了不同的风格；斯特劳斯-卡恩通常直接下命令、并依赖亲信圈的意见，而拉加德则不厌其烦地咨询许多人。 - For, in the imaginations of a coterie of physicists, biologists and engineers, an alternative world is taking shape.
因为，在一群物理学家，生物学家和工程师的想象中，另一个世界已经逐渐成形。 - On the contrary, finance and nuclear science are now controlled by a tiny coterie of technical experts, on whom everyone else depends.
相反，金融和核科学如今控制在一小群技术专家手中，其他所有人则依赖于他们。 - Iran and a coterie that includes Cuba, Syria, Venezuela and sometimes Libya ( North Korea, thankfully, will be absent) will block what they can& though consensus minus this crew would be no dishonour.
伊朗以及包括古巴、叙利亚、委内瑞拉，有时也包括利比亚（幸好朝鲜不在列）在内的一小撮团体将会尽他们所能来阻挠进程。&尽管没有达成一致也不是什么耻辱。 - The name is known to only a small coterie of collectors.
这个名字只有收藏家的小圈子才知道。 - It would be better not to refer to the actual ages of the voice actresses and coterie authoresses.
请最好不要提及那些明星配音员兼女作家的真实年龄。 - Critics fear that two aspects in particular could hand Google too much power, while also leaving a coterie of publishers and authors with disproportionate sway over setting prices for digital works, to the detriment of readers.
批评人士尤其担心在两方面可能给了谷歌太多权利，同时也在数字著作定价方面留给了出版商和作者群不成比例的影响力，会有损读者利益。 - Francoise herself has always said that her legal actions were in fact aimed at protecting her mother from a coterie of gold-digging hangers-on.
而弗朗索瓦一直以来都称其法律行动是为了保护母亲不受大量意欲攀高枝的食客的困扰。 - But do they need to pander to the irrational wishes and fantasies of this coterie?
但他们需要迎合非理性的愿望和幻想吗？