| 词汇 | coterie |
| 释义 | coterie noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk /ˈkəʊ.tər.i/ us /ˈkoʊ.t̬ɚ.i/ a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them: （有共同兴趣、常排外的）小圈子，小团体，小集团 coterie ofa coterie of writers作家小圈子 I was never part of their cosy coterie. Synonym cliquedisapproving Compare inner circle He brought in a coterie of advisers that he tends to hide behind. His coterie of friends denied that drugs had anything to do with his illness. She had her own coterie, from which her sister felt excluded. They spent most of their time with their own artistic coterie. Groups of people affinity group alliance an anti-gang assemblage family federation federative First Nation first people line (someone) up mafia mob peer group phalanx posse public quaternity scratch syndicate Examples of coteriecoterie The schools, the disciplines, the subdisciplines, the coteries, the paradigms, and the ideologies have built too many walls. Despite the small theatre coteries in which they moved, the differences in their educational, religious, and client-patronage ambits contributed to divergent dramaturgic practices and preoccupations. The move away from the coterie, the reliance on esoteric language and system, is also an escape from a sanctioned common sense. The security and shared friendships of the coterie audience are gradually replaced by the marketplace: publishers, printers, and paying readers are the new coterie. He was received enthusiastically by affluent coteries, by high officials, and by music and drama circles. Other isolated individuals may form a coterie of like-minded colleagues. Cogan was a well-known singer who also had developed a coterie of show-business types who regularly attended parties at her home. Let them keep the potentate and his coterie sweet + let them adopt suitable postures of abasement and ingratiation + and they can give their future a very bright, functioning complexion. Owen especially might make more of how passionately her protagonists embraced the antiquity of their views and practices and how broadly this hunger for ancient wisdom extended outside coterie circles. A whole coterie of people regard themselves as very important because they happen to be local councillors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they to send a coterie over to manage your affairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My guess would be that they are the same advisers or perhaps from the same coterie of advisers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That puts him in a very narrow and refined coterie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By this system you elect people responsible to a small coterie. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have tried to build up a coterie of tight-knit groups, which are often dependent on the town hall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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