[N-COUNT 可数名词]派系;小集团 If you describe a group of people as a clique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
[disapproval]
Anna Ford recently hit out at the male clique which she believes holds back women in television.
最近,安娜·福特对她认为阻碍了女性在电视业发展的男性集团进行了猛烈抨击。
Oxford
clique/kliːk; NAmEkliːk/noun[countable + singular or plural verb ]( often disapproving) a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them 派系;私党;小集团;小圈子cliquecliquesclique/kliːk; NAmEkliːk/
LDC
cliqueclique /kliːk/ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
a small group of people who think they are special and do not want other people to join them – used to show disapprovalclique of a ruling clique of officials the cliques formed by high school students
WDF
clique
[kli:k]
GRE
n15736
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NOUN19645
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Spoken:
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派系(66%),小集团(34%)
n.派系;阀;私党;小圈子
vi.结党
n.(Clique)人名;(法)克利克
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