crony
crony 英 [ˈkrəʊni] 美 [ˈkroʊni]
n. 密友；好朋友
名词复数: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.
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- n. 密友；好朋友
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1. Some of these funds will invest wisely, but many will pursue non-commercial goals, from job creation to crony enrichment.
这些基金有的被有效地投资，但是很多则被用于非商业目的，从创造就业到中饱私囊。
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2. He complains that business tycoons and corrupt officials have hijacked the economy and manipulated it for their own ends, a system he calls crony capitalism.
他怨恨企业巨头及贪腐官员劫持了经济，操纵改革向他们有利的方向进行，他将这种体系称之为裙带资本主义。
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3. Because the vast majority of protesters I met did believe in capitalism - they're just tired of being screwed over by crony capitalism.
因为大多数的抗议者还是相信资本主义的，他们现在只是跟资本主义老朋友们闹了点别扭。
- crony (n.) 1660s, Cambridge student slang, probably from Greek khronios "long-lasting," from khronos "time" (see chrono-), and with a sense of "old friend," or "contemporary."
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