| 单词 | coterie |
| 释义 | coterie (once / 4434 pages) n Have you noticed how so many of the best TV shows concentrate on a group of friends who seem to mesh together perfectly, to the exclusion of all others? This, then, is a coterie, an exclusive group with common interests. The modern spelling and meaning of coterie developed in the 18th century from a French word rooted in the feudal system. When the farmers working the land of a feudal lord established an organization, they were called cotiers, or "tenants of a cote" (think "cottage"), and that idea of a select group led to the word coterie. There's just something so French about the idea of exclusivity, isn't there? WORD FAMILYcoterie: coteries USAGE EXAMPLESThe theft transformed the manuscript into an object of obsession, a kind of Maltese Falcon, for a coterie of Inquisition scholars and rare-book collectors. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) How about shedding a little sunshine on Mr. Putin’s hidden wealth and that of his coterie? Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) It was Rose Bowl media day downtown, and his more famous teammates were surrounded by a coterie of reporters. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) n an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper camp, clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack Bloomsbury Group an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles bohemiaa group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style brain trust, kitchen cabinetan inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government loopan inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) cabal, camarilla, faction, juntoa clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue junta, military juntaa group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power maffia, mafiaany tightly knit group of trusted associates faction, secta dissenting clique galere, rogue's gallerya coterie of undesirable people hard corethe most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement splinter groupa faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization left, left wingthose who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare right, right wingthose who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged old guarda faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas pro-choice factionthose who argue that the decision to have an induced abortion should be made by the mother pro-life factionthose who argue that induced abortion is killing and should be prohibited band, circle, lot, set an unofficial association of people or groups |
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