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Clique People Kliːk Group Noun Spend Time Small

A clique is a small group of people who spend a lot of time together and tend to be unfriendly to outsiders, often used disapprovingly.

派系;小集团

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[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 ; NAmE kliːk / 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 clique cliques clique / kliːk ; NAmE kliːk /
LDC
cliqueclique /kliːk/ noun [countable]
Word Origin
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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
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clique

[kli:k]

GRE
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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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