| 词汇 | crony |
| 释义 | crony noun[ C ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈkrəʊ.ni/ us /ˈkroʊ.ni/ a friend, or a person who works for someone in authority, especially one who is willing to give and receive dishonest help: （尤指愿意提供或接受不正当帮助的当权者的）亲朋好友，亲信，密友 The general and his cronies are now awaiting trial for drug smuggling.将军和他的亲信因走私毒品目前正在等待受审。 Synonyms buddyinformal chum(FRIEND)old-fashionedinformal companion(PERSON) friend(PERSON YOU LIKE) mate(FRIEND)UKinformal muckerUKinformal palinformal Compare acquaintance a person you know well and like friendWe've been friends for years. buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies. palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A. mateUKHe's out with his mates. Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries acquaintance acquaintanceship acquainted acquainted with someone amigo compatriot comrade confidant contact list contemporary crowd fair-weather friend mutual friend next door non-contemporary office spouse on further acquaintance what are friends for?idiom wingman with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Supporters, members & defenders crony | American Dictionarycrony noun[ C ] often disapprovingus/ˈkroʊ·ni/ a close friend or companion, esp. someone who may not be honest: I’d like to see the president and his cronies booted out of office. Examples of cronycrony As we have said before, this is not a straightforward privatisation, but a deal made behind closed doors—a cronies' deal made in smoke-filled rooms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They came up with the disgraceful formula of stuffing the committee with their own political and business cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Denationalisation is so urgent that he is tripping over himself to buy shares, and his cronies are doing the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not protect whistleblowers—he protects his own cronies and himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To replace an admittedly imperfect system with one that is worse—a system of cronies and appointed patronage—cannot be right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When asked to choose between high standards of government and the low politics of his cronies, he has unerringly chosen the latter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The entrepreneur who was running them had appointed his cronies as trustees of the pension fund, and ran off with the money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much as one would like to think that this world is full of cronies, it is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fully take the point that we do not want the appointment of cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about the other cronies who have managed to get on to the list of candidates for my party? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that cronies will be appointed for that purpose, or else someone in the system will do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were also a self-perpetuating oligarchy with well-used procedures of co-option from among golf club cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it turned out that the chairman of the consultants—of the medical panel—had done his own thing and consulted one or two cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, we do not publish these things in the newspapers so that he and his cronies know in advance that he is likely to be arrested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He and a few of his more easily led cronies swagger around the estate and threaten those vulnerable enough not to be in a position to fight back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of crony 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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