coterie

英 [ˈkəʊtəri]

美 [ˈkoʊtəri]

n.  (志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的)小圈子，小集团

GRE

BNC.22254 / COCA.23134

牛津词典

noun

• （志趣相同、合伙做事而排外的）小圈子，小集团
  a small group of people who have the same interests and do things together but do not like to include others

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL (志趣相投而排外的)小集团，小圈子
  Acoterie ofa particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
  1. The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
     他录制的这些歌是由几名酷爱音乐的作曲家谱写的。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• In addition to people like his stunt double, Mr. Schwarzenegger's traveling entourage includes a coterie of former administration staffers, including his former special assistant ( or 'body man'), his former communications director and his former deputy director of advance.
  除了他的特技替身演员，施瓦辛格的随行人员还包括一群与他一起共事的班底，如前特别助理、前公关主管、前助选副主管等。
• Helen won't bowl with us; she has her own coterie of bowling friends.
  海伦将不与我们一起滚球；她有她自己的保龄球伙伴朋友。
• The coterie magazine had acted an very important role in Wusi times, the relationships tangled with Wusi culture enabled itself to have the unprecedented complexity and the born vulnerability.
  同人杂志在五四时期扮演了至关重要的角色，它与五四文化这种纠结的关系使其本身具有空前的复杂性和与生俱来的脆弱性。
• The name is known to only a small coterie of collectors.
  这个名字只有收藏家的小圈子才知道。
• The creations of a small coterie of malicious hackers who invent toxic software for the sheer deviltry of it.
  计算机病毒系一小撮存心不良的黑客所为，这些人纯属为了搞恶作剧而编造有毒软件。
• So they didn't want one king to arise, and they didn't want a small coterie of leaders to arise.
  所以他们不能让一个国王崛起，不能让一个小团体壮大。
• They work as drivers or nannies, or blend into a businessman's coterie looking like a secretary, a briefcase carrier or a toady.
  他们的工作看似司机、保姆，或者以秘书，、拎公文包者、拍马屁者的形象出现在商务圈里。
• Over the years he has gathered around him a coterie of powerful businessman.
  多年来他身边聚集了一小搓有权势的商人。
• It would be better not to refer to the actual ages of the voice actresses and coterie authoresses.
  请最好不要提及那些明星配音员兼女作家的真实年龄。
• On the contrary, finance and nuclear science are now controlled by a tiny coterie of technical experts, on whom everyone else depends.
  相反，金融和核科学如今控制在一小群技术专家手中，其他所有人则依赖于他们。