clique

名词

1. 1

   小圈圈、小团体贬义

   The new students found it hard to break into the cliques.

   新来的学生发现很难打进那些小圈圈。

2. 2

   派系、集团

   A small clique of officials controls most of the funding decisions.

   一小撮官员派系掌控了大部分的经费决策。