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

• Crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors are often suggested as two rival explanations for currency crisis.
  亲密资本和预期自致型模型被认为是对货币危机的两个典型的对立的解释。
• Chapter two introduces the cause-and-effect relationship between moral hazards and the Asian financial turmoil and thinks that the senses of Asian value and crony capitalism have put the moral hazard of agents to the extreme.
  第二章介绍了道德风险与亚洲金融危机之间的生成关系，而亚洲价值观与裙带资本主义更是将代理人的道德风险推行极致。
• In modern India, rent-seeking takes the form of endemic corruption and the crony capitalism that describes too-close relationships between big business and the state.
  在现代印度，寻租的形式是普遍的腐败和裙带资本主义大企业和政府的关系过于密切。
• 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。
• But that is now changing, as cadres meld seamlessly into the world of crony capitalism.
  不过，随着很多官员融入权贵资本主义世界，情况正在改变。
• 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。
• Your crony factor ( 10%): do you play quoits with Mr. roover?
  亲信因素（10%）：你会跟鲁弗先生玩套圈游戏吗？
• Only thing failing is crony capitalism and socialism.
  只有裙带资本主义和社会主义才失败。
• ( Since being deposed, he's had a brother-in-law, a younger sister, and a close business crony in the seat of power).
  （自被罢免之后，他信的姐夫、妹妹和商业密友曾先后执掌政权）。