Clique
[kliːk] or [klik]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.
(v. i.) To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [Fr.] [Generally used in a bad sense.] Coterie, club, brotherhood, sodality, clan, junto, CABAL, CAMARILLA, party, gang, set, private or exclusive association.
整理:尼古拉斯
解釋/意思:
n. a group of persons in union for a purpose: a party or faction: a gang—used generally in a bad sense.—adj. Cliqu′ish relating to a clique.—ns. Cliqu′ishness; Cliqu′ism tendency to form cliques.
手打:索菲
例句/造句/用法:
- Fascinated as by a basilisk with three heads, I could not leave this clique; the ground near them seemed to hold my feet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The isolation and exclusiveness of a gang or clique brings its antisocial spirit into relief. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Don't the very greatest ladies of all talk about that small clique of persons to whom they belong? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Gangs are marked by fraternal feeling, and narrow cliques by intense loyalty to their own codes. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- They could enjoy life with their cliques as well--passengers invariably divide up into cliques, on all ships. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Only when they were badly frightened would governing cliques or parties desist from some nefarious policy and heed the common good. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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