cronies

英 [ˈkrəʊniz]

美 [ˈkroʊniz]

n.  好友; 密友
crony的复数

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。

双语例句

• He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies
  他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
• The minister's always doing favours for his cronies.
  部长总是给他那伙老朋友好处。
• The old man's former cronies are all dead.
  老人的往日故旧都已作古。
• A farewell drink with his cronies.
  与他的密友们喝的告别酒。
• The general and his cronies are now awaiting trial for drugsmuggling.
  这位将军和他的同谋们因走私毒品现正在等待对他们的审判。
• 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。
• Critics say that the government restaffed the firm with incompetent cronies and placemen.
  批判者指责政府重新雇佣的人员都是些无能的废物。
• He was a geologist, rated by his cronies as the best in the business.
  他是地质学家，被他的老朋友们看作是这门行当中最好的一位。
• Mr Buffett told the rich that, instead of giving their wealth to "a bunch of old cronies", they should shop around for the best foundations.
  巴菲特先生告诉有钱人们，他们应该为自己的财富找一个最好的基金会，而不是交给“一帮老伙计们”。
• So he devised a plan and hired some cronies to help him.
  因此他制定了计划并雇了一些亲信来帮助他。