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crony n.密友；好朋友；亲伴 (1) 在接近古稀之年,她同一个与她同年的密友漫游欧洲。(2) 他每天晚上都跟好朋友到酒馆喝酒。 While a crony is basically just a good pal or sidekick, the word sometimes has a negative connotation — that you and your crony are up to no good together. It also implies the idea of cronyism, or unfairly giving friends jobs or promotions they're not qualified for. Crony capitalism refers to doing that in an economic way, like people in government giving tax breaks to their friends. Crony is 17th century British student slang, from the Greek khronios, "long-lasting."

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英 ['krəʊni] 美 ['kroʊni] (1) In her late sixties she traveled over Europe with a crony of equal years.(2) He spends every evening drinking in the pub with his cronies. A crony (rhymes with “pony”) is a buddy, a close confidant you spend time with and trust. Your boss might make everyone at work angry if she keeps only giving raises to her cronies. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]好友；密友；(尤指)狐朋狗友 You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.   [usu poss N]  [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后，他回来了。

英语单词	crony
英美音标	英 ['krəʊni] 美 ['kroʊni]
中文释义	n.密友；好朋友；亲伴
英语例句	(1) In her late sixties she traveled over Europe with a crony of equal years. (2) He spends every evening drinking in the pub with his cronies.
中文例句	(1) 在接近古稀之年,她同一个与她同年的密友漫游欧洲。 (2) 他每天晚上都跟好朋友到酒馆喝酒。
vocabulary简明	A crony (rhymes with “pony”) is a buddy, a close confidant you spend time with and trust. Your boss might make everyone at work angry if she keeps only giving raises to her cronies.
vocabulary扩展	While a crony is basically just a good pal or sidekick, the word sometimes has a negative connotation — that you and your crony are up to no good together. It also implies the idea of cronyism, or unfairly giving friends jobs or promotions they're not qualified for. Crony capitalism refers to doing that in an economic way, like people in government giving tax breaks to their friends. Crony is 17th century British student slang, from the Greek khronios, "long-lasting."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]好友；密友；(尤指)狐朋狗友 You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them. [usu poss N] [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies. 中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后，他回来了。

Crony Giving Spends Drinking Time Good Friends 英