| 词汇 | example_english_crony |
| 释义 | Examples of cronyThese 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. 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 Who might the cronies be? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are socialist cronies, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have proposed the freezing of the assets of those cronies, the imposition of travel bans on them and the threat of investigations into their involvement in crimes against humanity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Exports are falling; unemployment is rising; output is stagnating; industry is on the brink of recession; agriculture is in recession and the cronies are in clover. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am quite sure that it would be easy for a proprietor to get 25 cronies, particularly if the club was a successful and expensive one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can he tell me whether that is a highly unlikely statistical coincidence or yet another example of that lot over there getting their cronies' snouts in the trough? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will his new responsibilities mean that he can extract the remaining millions from the private sector without recourse to his cronies in the one industry that he understands really well? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She must stop regarding my county and my constituency as a ready source of cash that can be squandered among her cronies in the midlands and the north. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposal to put the matter in the hands of a non-executive director has been made in order to prevent it from going to cronies and to broaden the pool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His loose interpretation is evident in a cabin scene when he is playing against his cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I don't owe favours to special interests or old friends or political cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He and his cronies stop the player and his partner from getting to food underneath a tree, and engage them in combat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She agrees to go, with the secret intention of trying to convince him to return and take back control from his crooked cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He padded the payroll with his political cronies, expanded the activities of government, and called for city ownership of all utilities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The newspaper lads are all old cronies, he once remarked. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Beyond the person of the king, the pear symbolized the regime and its cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Building on the economic needs of his cronies, organizes meetings of stealth and hilarious night to give life to a gang of counterfeiters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Loder uses the team selection to favour his cronies and pay off old grudges by excluding more talented footballers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He screams at his cronies, stating that they, not himself, are to blame. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He sends a few of his cronies to explore the tunnels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eagleson was able to weather this storm because the union's executive committee was stacked with longtime cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The conversation suggests that certain top judges are closely connected with the country's top leaders via political intermediaries and business cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The cronies are taking over the city and driving everyone away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bhope hears about his sister's actions and sends his cronies to apprehend the lovers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other elected officials attempted to pass zoning changes or sign long-term government contracts for their cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He and his cronies begin to bully and persuade the townspeople into allowing him to take over the town. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His cronies believe that he hates jokes, since he's always so serious. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He oversaw all operations; there was just him, his cronies, and the politicians who sold him protection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kargoth, emboldened by fawning cronies, nobles, and schemers who had assured him of his elevation, was incensed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lenny was relieved that the facts would finally be examined, but said that the visitation also had to examine whether any promotions were awarded to the cardinals cronies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her sons realise that it reveals that he has a plan to run a tramline along a street that he and his cronies intend to buy up cheaply. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Was not the replacement of the hereditary principle with the hybrid hereditary and crony principle only ever meant to be a short-term answer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can point to cases in all kinds of parties where the crony system would work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not time that he got rid of his ideological blinkers, his crony appointments and his failed approach based on political priorities? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the difference between—to use words that were used earlier—an old friend and an old crony? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is still at it—he has set up the urban renewal agency, designed to bypass local government, and appointed an unelected crony to run it for him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Due to the lack of data, particular industries in a certain country can not be exactly identified as crony heavy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Given crony capitalism's nature, these dishonest business practices are frequently (yet not exclusively) found in societies with ineffective legal systems. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, crony capitalism is generally associated with more virulent government intervention. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Laissez-faire economists oppose crony capitalism as well disparaging governmental favors as incompatible with a true free market. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rather, it concludes, tourism would most likely benefit crony businesses and further entrench human rights violations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is still a possibility of crony capitalism in those industries, but the rough categorization of the index makes it less reliable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The next few years was also characterized by strong economic performance with the rise of exports and booming of investment alongside with rise of capital flight and crony capitalism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Opposition groups charged that these farms were earmarked for government cronies instead of people who really needed land. The resulting appointment of cronies rather than well-qualified experts to important policy positions has weakened democracies' socioeconomic performance and exacerbated popular cynicism. Thus, insiders like politicians and their cronies are widely thought to enjoy a head start over other groups in taking advantage of the new opportunities offered by economic reform. The result is rampant corruption, 'crony capitalism', and all manner of fraud and cheating. He has allowed the citizens to become impoverished, but has made his wife, his cronies and himself rich. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If a system can lose its own cronies in this way, it is in the midst of an existential crisis. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The transparency that any general framework of rules would bring with it in this area would be very helpful to combat corruption, unacceptable practices and, indeed, crony capitalism generally. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Even then he cannot really enjoy his clutch, because he can only look over it in secret with his cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The man criminal is often an individual who is regarded with some respect, affection and envy by cronies of his. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard much about the independence of the hereditary peers, and much about place men and cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sense that it has something to do with establishment cronies in the opera world moving through revolving doors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had few political friends and certainly no cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To prevent the previous local councillors providing their friends and cronies with orders for council work, competitive tendering was insisted upon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our objection to that is that a chief executive without a chairman clearly has the power to appoint his cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been numerous suggestions that this body will be packed with cronies to ensure that it selects cronies. 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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