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

• 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。
• In addition to people like his stunt double, Mr. Schwarzenegger's traveling entourage includes a coterie of former administration staffers, including his former special assistant ( or 'body man'), his former communications director and his former deputy director of advance.
  除了他的特技替身演员，施瓦辛格的随行人员还包括一群与他一起共事的班底，如前特别助理、前公关主管、前助选副主管等。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。