n.小集团；派系
名词clique的复数形式.
Within the student body, there were several cliques. 在全体学生当中存在著几个派系。
The rivalries of different cliques in Nanking produced the same bitter contentions on the front. 南京各派系之间的明争暗斗使前方部队也出现了同样激烈的内部倾轧。
