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单词 crony
释义
crony
noun[C]
informaldisapproving
uk
/ˈkrəʊ.ni/us
/ˈkroʊ.ni/
afriend, or apersonwhoworksfor someone inauthority,especiallyone who iswillingto give andreceivedishonesthelp:
（尤指愿意提供或接受不正当帮助的当权者的）亲朋好友，亲信，密友
Thegeneraland his cronies are nowawaitingtrialfordrugsmuggling.将军和他的亲信因走私毒品目前正在等待受审。
Synonyms
buddyinformal
chum(FRIEND)old-fashionedinformal
companion(PERSON)
friend(PERSON YOU LIKE)
mate(FRIEND)UKinformal
muckerUKinformal
palinformal
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acquaintance
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a person you know well and like
  • friendWe've been friends for years.
  • buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies.
  • palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A.
  • mateUKHe's out with his mates.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
  • a friend in need is a friend indeedidiom
  • acquaintance
  • acquaintanceship
  • acquainted
  • amigo
  • bedmate
  • compatriot
  • comrade
  • crowd
  • fair-weather friend
  • fam
  • flatmate
  • intimate
  • neighbour
  • oppo
  • pal
  • peeps
  • peer group
  • pen pal
  • with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom
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Supporters, members & defenders
(Definition ofcronyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

crony| American Dictionary

crony
noun[C]
oftendisapproving
us
/ˈkroʊ·ni/
aclosefriendorcompanion,esp. someone who may not behonest:
I’d like toseethepresidentand his croniesbootedout ofoffice.
(Definition ofcronyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrony

crony
As we have said before, this is not a straightforward privatisation, but a deal made behind closed doors—a cronies' deal made in smoke-filled rooms.
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They came up with the disgraceful formula of stuffing the committee with their own political and business cronies.
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Denationalisation is so urgent that he is tripping over himself to buy shares, and his cronies are doing the same.
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He does not protect whistleblowers—he protects his own cronies and himself.
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To replace an admittedly imperfect system with one that is worse—a system of cronies and appointed patronage—cannot be right.
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When asked to choose between high standards of government and the low politics of his cronies, he has unerringly chosen the latter.
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The entrepreneur who was running them had appointed his cronies as trustees of the pension fund, and ran off with the money.
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Much as one would like to think that this world is full of cronies, it is not.
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I fully take the point that we do not want the appointment of cronies.
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What about the other cronies who have managed to get on to the list of candidates for my party?
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I suppose that cronies will be appointed for that purpose, or else someone in the system will do it.
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They were also a self-perpetuating oligarchy with well-used procedures of co-option from among golf club cronies.
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However, it turned out that the chairman of the consultants—of the medical panel—had done his own thing and consulted one or two cronies.
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On the other hand, we do not publish these things in the newspapers so that he and his cronies know in advance that he is likely to be arrested.
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He and a few of his more easily led cronies swagger around the estate and threaten those vulnerable enough not to be in a position to fight back.
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