Cliquey describes a place, club, office, school, or organisation that is full of cliques — or run by them. New people find it hard to join in; a few inner groups already have the friends, the jokes, and the say.

Cliquey describes a place, club, office, school, or organisationCliquey用來形容一個地方、社團、辦公室、學校，或組織 that is full of cliques裡充滿了小圈圈 or run by them或者是被小圈圈把持著。New people find it hard to join in新人很難融入進去 a few inner groups already have the friends, the jokes, and the say因為一些核心小圈子已經有了自己的朋友、笑話，和話語權。

Like clique, it shows disapproval: you are saying the culture is closed and a bit unkind, not merely that people have friends.

Like clique就像clique一樣 it shows disapproval這個字帶有不贊同的意味: you are saying the culture is closed and a bit unkind你是在說這個文化很封閉、有點不友善 not merely that people have friends不只是在說大家有朋友而已。

A cliquey workplace might always lunch in the same little sets. A cliquey hobby club might freeze out anyone who did not start with the founders.

A cliquey workplace一個cliquey的職場 might always lunch in the same little sets可能總是同一群人一起吃午餐。A cliquey hobby club一個cliquey的興趣社團 might freeze out anyone可能會排擠任何人 who did not start with the founders不是從創社就在的人。

It is informal-to-neutral complaint language, more spoken than legal or academic.

It is informal-to-neutral這是非正式到中性之間 complaint language的抱怨用語 more spoken比較常出現在口語 than legal or academic而不是法律或學術文章裡。

Though actually one tight team is not enough to make a whole place cliquey; the word fits when the pattern is everywhere, or when those little groups control who gets included.

Though actually不過實際上 one tight team is not enough光是一個關係緊密的小團體還不足以 to make a whole place cliquey讓整個地方變成cliquey; the word fits這個字適用的情況是 when the pattern is everywhere這種模式到處都是 or when those little groups control who gets included或是那些小圈子在控制誰可以被接納進來。

You may also see cliquy, same meaning, but cliquey is the usual spelling.

You may also see cliquy你也可能看到cliquy這個拼法 same meaning意思一樣 but cliquey is the usual spelling但cliquey是比較常見的拼法。