clique
UK [kli:k] US [klɪk] disapproving
noun countable [+ sing/pl verb]
■a small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group 小集团，小圈子；派系•Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique (of people).我们的高尔夫球俱乐部是由一小撮很不友好、极其排外的家伙管理的。 •There's a clique at work that never talks/who never talk to anyone else.公司里有个小圈子，他们从来不和其他人说话。 |