| 单词 | clique |
| 释义 | clique (once / 3160 pages) n A clique is an exclusive group of people or friends. Before Rudolph pulled Santa's sled through the fog, the clique of flying reindeer never let him play their reindeer games. In high school, the exclusive nature of cliques causes a lot of hurt feelings. Clique carries this less than nice feeling with it wherever it goes, whether it be a set of elites who surround a government official, a group of popular kids who don't let others join their group or the closed circle of people at the office who always make sure they get the best jobs. WORD FAMILYclique: cliques, cliquish+/cliquish: cliquishness USAGE EXAMPLESAt the same time the employee was said to be rebelling against the company by forming a clique, and threatening to start his own business. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) The Casa, a social welfare centre and bar in Liverpool, is the modern hangout of this still fiercely loyal clique. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) He then turns over the proceeds to the leader of his clique. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) n an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Syn|Hypo|Hyper camp, coterie, 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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