"clannish" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 排他的
• 小团体的

Definition

形容人只和自己小圈子的人在一起，排斥外人，让其他人感到不受欢迎。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

语气比较正式，偏负面。多用于家庭、小团体、或学校中的小圈子。强调对外人设有隔阂。形容个人时不常用。

Examples

The club was very clannish and did not accept new members.

这个俱乐部非常**排他**，不接受新成员。

Some families are so clannish that outsiders feel uncomfortable.

有些家庭非常**小团体的**，让外人觉得不自在。

Their group at school is quite clannish and ignores everyone else.

他们在学校的小团体很**排外**，不理其他人。

I tried to join their conversation, but they were a little too clannish for me.

我试着加入他们的谈话，可他们有点太**排外**了。

It can be hard to fit in when a team acts in such a clannish way.

当一个团队表现得特别**小团体**时，很难融入。

Their neighborhood has a reputation for being pretty clannish—everyone knows each other but keeps to themselves.

他们那个社区很有**小团体**名声——大家互相认识，但都很封闭。