1. The city’s literary coteries often meet in private salons.
这座城市的文学小圈子经常在私人沙龙聚会。

2. He felt excluded from the elite coteries at the university.
他觉得自己被大学里的精英小圈子排斥在外。

3. These coteries tend to share very similar opinions.
这些小圈子往往持有非常相似的观点。

4. Political coteries sometimes influence major decisions behind the scenes.
政治小集团有时在幕后影响重大决策。

A: Do you know about the artistic coteries in this city?
A：你了解这座城市的艺术小圈子吗？

B: Yes, but they are quite exclusive coteries that are hard to enter.
B：了解，但那些小圈子相当排外，很难进入。

1) 指由共同兴趣或身份形成的小型封闭社交群体

2) 常用于描述文学、艺术或精英阶层的小圈子

3) 带有一定排他性的社交或职业团体

4) 有时含有对小集团内部关系密切的描述

1. 小圈子；小集团（尤指排他性的社交或精英群体）

e.g. The academic coteries controlled much of the research funding.
学术小圈子控制了大部分研究资金。

noun

1. Small, often exclusive groups of people who share common interests, especially in cultural, social, or intellectual contexts.

Synonym: clique, circle, faction, cabal