coterie

英 [ˈkəʊtəri]

美 [ˈkoʊtəri]

n.  (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子，小集团

GRE

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Over the years he has gathered around him a coterie of powerful businessman.
  多年来他身边聚集了一小搓有权势的商人。
• 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。
• To jump outside the limited coterie of big-name directors and look toward international co-productions is a good thing, he added.
  跳出大导演的小圈子，把目光投向国际合拍片，实际上是件好事，他说。
• Helen won't bowl with us; she has her own coterie of bowling friends.
  海伦将不与我们一起滚球；她有她自己的保龄球伙伴朋友。
• The creations of a small coterie of malicious hackers who invent toxic software for the sheer deviltry of it.
  计算机病毒系一小撮存心不良的黑客所为，这些人纯属为了搞恶作剧而编造有毒软件。
• However, the characteristics of the decision of the majority of our farmers 'professional cooperatives acquaintances coterie cooperatives external disadvantage in access to and integration of external resources.
  然而，我国大多数农民专业合作社具有熟人小圈子的特征决定了合作社在获取和整合外部资源上具有一定的外部劣势。
• 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？
• 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。
• The coterie magazine had acted an very important role in Wusi times, the relationships tangled with Wusi culture enabled itself to have the unprecedented complexity and the born vulnerability.
  同人杂志在五四时期扮演了至关重要的角色，它与五四文化这种纠结的关系使其本身具有空前的复杂性和与生俱来的脆弱性。
• Mary and her coterie gave a party to which we were not invited.
  玛利和她的圈内朋友举行派对，我们没被邀请。