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词汇 magic-circle
释义 magic circle
noun
uk /ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsɜː.kəl/ us /ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsɝː.kəl/
[ C ]
a group of people or organizations who have close links and protect and help each other rather than anyone outside the group: 业内魔圈,自己人的小圈子
the close friends who form Paul's magic circle 保罗小圈子里的密友
 the Magic Circle
a British organization for stage magicians(= people who perform magic tricks): (英国)魔术协会
She's so good at optical illusions that the Magic Circle just made her its youngest member.她非常擅视觉幻象,英国魔术协会刚刚吸纳她为最年轻的成员。
informal
a group of the five or six most successful law firms in London: (法律界的)魔圈,魔圈事务所(伦敦五、六家顶尖法律事务所的合称)
She is a newly elected senior partner of a Magic Circle law firm.她新当选为魔圈律师事务所高级合伙人。
£600-£700 per hour is frequently cited as the top Magic Circle rate.魔圈律师事务所最高收费标准一般为每小时600-700英镑。
Woe betide anyone inside his magic circle who deviates from his version.
By throwing a protective cordon around some emerging economies, the IMF could aggravate the challenges facing those outside the new magic circle.
What was it like to be included in the magic circle which Emily, a beautiful and imaginative woman, created around them?
Once executives enter this magic circle, it seems they earn huge sums regardless of how they perform.
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magic circle | Business English


magic circle
noun[ C ]
UKukus
a small group of people or companies that have a lot of power, especially when they work together to help each other:
He landed a job at one of the magic circle firms that dominate the legal market in London.
It is claimed that a magic circle of fund managers invested in each others' trusts to artificially inflate their share prices.

Examples of magic circle


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But it is the attitude to conductors which pushes against the perimeter of the magiccircle.
The stage, regardless of its shape or configuration, is a magiccircle transforming everything within it.
The more we are shut out from the 'magiccircle', the greater our awareness of the archaism, the magic of this circle.
I am sure that we shall have his support in feeling that the power of the magiccircle has been broken.
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He surely is part of the magiccircle.
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The outlook is hopeful for those workers in the magiccircle of employment.
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I hope if will be possible to cheapen the price of seats so as to bring innumerably more people within its magiccircle.
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It is hardly likely to encourage those who do not get into the magiccircle to continue to serve.
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Some of them might be at greater pains to disguise the obvious contempt that they feel for those who are not within the magiccircle.
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But no doubt he is delighted at having finally broken the "magiccircle".
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What is more, they are viewed with something less than absolute happiness by the parents of the children who do not get into this magiccircle.
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The old magiccircle of five kept out many companies that had a proven capability to make programmes, and those companies resented that and squealed about it.
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That would not have become public property for a considerable time, if ever, had it not been for disputes within the magiccircle of the people most concerned.
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By widening the margin between those inside and those outside the magiccircle, it heightens the aura of farce which has surrounded this tax ever since it was introduced.
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It was subject to the magiccircle.
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