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单词 magic circle
释义
magic circle
noun
uk
/ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsɜː.kəl/us
/ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsɝː.kəl/
[C]
agroupofpeopleororganizationswho havecloselinksandprotectandhelpeach otherratherthan anyoneoutsidethegroup:
业内魔圈，自己人的小圈子
theclosefriendswhoformPaul'smagiccircle保罗小圈子里的密友
the Magic Circle
a Britishorganizationforstagemagicians(=peoplewhoperformmagictricks):
（英国）魔术协会
She's so good atopticalillusionsthat theMagicCircle just made heritsyoungestmember.她非常擅视觉幻象，英国魔术协会刚刚吸纳她为最年轻的成员。
informal
agroupof the five or six mostsuccessfullawfirmsin London:
（法律界的）魔圈，魔圈事务所（伦敦五、六家顶尖法律事务所的合称）
She is anewlyelectedseniorpartnerof aMagicCirclelawfirm.她新当选为魔圈律师事务所高级合伙人。
£600-£700perhourisfrequentlycitedas thetopMagicCirclerate.魔圈律师事务所最高收费标准一般为每小时600-700英镑。
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  • Woebetideanyone inside hismagiccirclewhodeviatesfrom hisversion.
  • Bythrowingaprotectivecordonaround someemergingeconomies, theIMFcouldaggravatethechallengesfacingthoseoutsidethe newmagiccircle.
  • What was it like to beincludedin themagiccirclewhich Emily, abeautifulandimaginativewoman,createdaround them?
  • Onceexecutivesenterthismagiccircle, itseemstheyearnhugesumsregardlessof how theyperform.
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(Definition ofmagic circlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

magic circle| Business English

magic circle
noun[C]
UK
uk
us
asmallgroupofpeopleorcompaniesthat have a lot ofpower,especiallywhen theyworktogether tohelpeach other:
Helandedajobat one of themagiccirclefirmsthatdominatethelegalmarketin London.
It isclaimedthatamagiccircleoffundmanagersinvestedin eachothers'truststoartificiallyinflatetheirshareprices.
(Definition ofmagic circlefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmagic circle

magic circle
But it is the attitude to conductors which pushes against the perimeter of themagiccircle.
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The stage, regardless of its shape or configuration, is amagiccircletransforming everything within it.
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The more we are shut out from the 'magiccircle', the greater our awareness of the archaism, the magic of this circle.
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I am sure that we shall have his support in feeling that the power of themagiccirclehas been broken.
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He surely is part of themagiccircle.
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The outlook is hopeful for those workers in themagiccircleof employment.
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I hope if will be possible to cheapen the price of seats so as to bring innumerably more people within itsmagiccircle.
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It is hardly likely to encourage those who do not get into themagiccircleto continue to serve.
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Some of them might be at greater pains to disguise the obvious contempt that they feel for those who are not within themagiccircle.
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But no doubt he is delighted at having finally broken the "magiccircle".
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What is more, they are viewed with something less than absolute happiness by the parents of the children who do not get into thismagiccircle.
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The oldmagiccircleof five kept out many companies that had a proven capability to make programmes, and those companies resented that and squealed about it.
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That would not have become public property for a considerable time, if ever, had it not been for disputes within themagiccircleof the people most concerned.
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By widening the margin between those inside and those outside themagiccircle, it heightens the aura of farce which has surrounded this tax ever since it was introduced.
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It was subject to themagiccircle.
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