clique

英 [kliːk]

美 [kliːk]

n. 派系; 私党; 小集团; 小圈子
vi. 结派; 结党

复数：cliques　

GRE 计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.19390 / COCA.15142

牛津词典

noun

派系；私党；小集团；小圈子
a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 派系;小集团
If you describe a group of people as aclique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
1. Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
  最近，安娜·福特对她认为阻碍了女性在电视业发展的男性集团进行了猛烈抨击。

英英释义

noun

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Synonym:coterieingroupinner circlepackcamp

双语例句

The eunuch clique was so powerful, yet corrupt, that when Li Zicheng, the leader of an uprising during the late Ming dynasty, finally conquered the capital city, he kicked out all the eunuchs.
太监集团非常强大，而且腐败，直到当李自成（明末起义军的首领）终于攻破了明朝首都，他除掉了所有的太监。
After careful investigation of many of these persons, this clique was found to be of some size.
许多人认真一查，查出了他们是一个不大不小的集团。
As for the leading spirits of the Hu Feng clique, they have had disputes with us on many occasions before and since liberation.
作为一个集团的代表人物，在解放以前和解放以后，他们和我们的争论已有多次了。
This is probably what many officers of the Whampoa clique are thinking.
许多黄埔系军人可能就是这样想。
Riddled with a thousand gaping wounds, this reactionary clique is now beset with difficulties and contradictions both in internal and external affairs.
今天，这个反动集团百孔千疮，内外交困，矛盾重重。
The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals.
这俱乐部被知识分子小集团把持着。
Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
最近，安娜·福特对她认为阻碍了女性在电视业发展的男性集团进行了猛烈抨击。
So, when I got to the point when I was 28 and saw the cocaine, I thought, Maybe I want to join the clique.
所以，一步步地，在28岁的时候我看到了可卡因，我想，也许我想加入这个小团体。
A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
通常通过阴谋手段寻求权力的小集团。
Not so long ago, this small clique could mould the world according to its predilections.
就在不久以前，这个小集团还可以按照自己的嗜好来安排世界事务。