crony

英 [ˈkrəʊni]

美 [ˈkroʊni]

n.  好友; 密友

复数：cronies　

Collins.1 / BNC.19233 / COCA.13579

牛津词典

noun

• 好友；密友
  a person that sb spends a lot of time with
  1. He was playing cards with his cronies.
     他当时正与他那些狐朋狗友玩牌。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  Synonym:buddybrotherchumpalsidekick

双语例句

• Chapter two introduces the cause-and-effect relationship between moral hazards and the Asian financial turmoil and thinks that the senses of Asian value and crony capitalism have put the moral hazard of agents to the extreme.
  第二章介绍了道德风险与亚洲金融危机之间的生成关系，而亚洲价值观与裙带资本主义更是将代理人的道德风险推行极致。
• The country must move from what the report calls "crony capitalism and petty corruption" to something different.
  印度必须改变报告称之为“裙带资本主义和轻度腐败”的现象。
• It said India needed to develop an effective competition commission and strengthen regulators to prevent crony capitalism as well as foster greater transparency in the allocation of land and infrastructure projects.
  报告表示，印度需要成立一个有效的竞争委员会，并强化监管机构的职能，以防范裙带资本主义；同时还要在土地和基础设施项目的分配方面加大透明度。
• Given the dual voting share structures and crony boards that exist at the likes of Google and Facebook, that is a serious stricture.
  考虑到谷歌（Google）、Facebook等美国公司存在的双重投票权结构以及董事会成员间的密友关系，这是一项非常严厉的批评。
• Western economies are afflicted with their own versions of crony capitalism.
  西方经济体也存在自己的裙带资本主义。
• The second kind of barrier to entry is that of crony capitalism.
  第二个准入壁垒是裙带资本主义。
• Yet, because Navis does not like to be involved with government in any way-for example, heavily regulated, quasi-private or crony companies-its corporate universe in south-east Asia is relatively limited.
  不过，由于Navis不喜欢以任何方式与政府打交道例如，受到严格监管、准私营或与政府关系密切的企业因此该公司面对的东南亚企业相对有限。
• Detractors see the bank as a symbol of crony capitalism because of its support for companies such as Boeing.
  由于该行对波音（Boeing）等企业的支持，贬低者们将该行视为裙带资本主义的象征。
• ( Since being deposed, he's had a brother-in-law, a younger sister, and a close business crony in the seat of power).
  （自被罢免之后，他信的姐夫、妹妹和商业密友曾先后执掌政权）。
• 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。