clique

英 [kliːk]

美 [kliːk]

n.  派系; 私党; 小集团; 小圈子
vi.  结派; 结党

复数：cliques　

GRE计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.19390 / COCA.15142

牛津词典

noun

• 派系；私党；小集团；小圈子
  a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 派系;小集团
  If you describe a group of people as aclique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  Synonym:coterieingroupinner circlepackcamp

双语例句

• In this article, we introduce maximal connected subgraphs, maximal clique and perfect match of graph theory in biology especially in the study of protein structure research applications.
  本文介绍了最大连通子图、最大团和完美匹配等图论知识在生物学尤其在研究蛋白质结构研究方面的应用。
• They tried to make their protests heard by the ruling clique.
  他们设法使统治集团听到他们的抗议。
• You gossip or are part of a clique.
  你爱八卦或者是小圈子的成员。
• So, when I got to the point when I was 28 and saw the cocaine, I thought, Maybe I want to join the clique.
  所以，一步步地，在28岁的时候我看到了可卡因，我想，也许我想加入这个小团体。
• The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals.
  这俱乐部被知识分子小集团把持着。
• 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。
• Q: Was there a supermodel clique in your era?
  问：在你同时代的超级模特中有没有比较要好的一群朋友？
• Both Chiang and the CC Clique realized they had gone too far.
  蒋和CC系都感到自己做得过份了。
• The wicked clique undermined the government and the state was thrown into turmoil.
  奸党乱政，国无宁日。
• Not so long ago, this small clique could mould the world according to its predilections.
  就在不久以前，这个小集团还可以按照自己的嗜好来安排世界事务。