If a place or a group feels clubby, the people inside are very warm with one another — they chat, they joke, they look after their own. The other half of the word is the sharp bit, though: if you are not already in that group, you may feel shut out. Nobody has to shout at you; the room just does not open.

If a place or a group feels clubby如果一個地方或團體感覺clubby the people inside are very warm with one another裡面的人彼此非常熱絡 they chat, they joke, they look after their own他們聊天、開玩笑、照顧自己人 The other half of the word is the sharp bit, though不過這個詞還有比較尖銳的另一面 if you are not already in that group如果你本來不在那個圈子裡 you may feel shut out你可能會覺得被排除在外 Nobody has to shout at you沒有人會對你大吼 the room just does not open那個房間就是不對你打開

Offices, golf clubs, old schools, and some towns get called clubby in this way. It is not a kind review. It often means “too much like a private club.” You hear it a little more in British English than in American English.

Offices, golf clubs, old schools, and some towns get called clubby in this way辦公室、高爾夫球俱樂部、老牌學校、還有一些小鎮都會被這樣形容成clubby It is not a kind review這不是個好聽的評語 It often means too much like a private club它常常意味著「太像個私人俱樂部了」 You hear it a little more in British English than in American English在英式英語裡你聽到這個詞的機會比美式英語多一點

People also stretch it past buildings: a clubby company, a clubby board, a clubby trade where the same names keep winning.

People also stretch it past buildings人們也會把這個詞用到建築物以外 a clubby company, a clubby board像小圈子文化的公司、小圈子的董事會 a clubby trade where the same names keep winning或一個總是同一批人在贏的小圈子行業