clannish

音標發(fā)音

Such strong relationships are echoed in Japan’s tightly knit firms, some of which are clannish to their roots.
在以團結著稱的日本企業(yè)里，這種緊密關系時常得到體現，有些企業(yè)甚至會成為同根生的大家族。
Perhaps that's why I've never liked her . . . and I know Gilbert doesn't either, though he's too clannish to admit it.
而且我知道吉爾伯特也不喜歡她，雖然他顧及家族情面沒有承認。
The cosmopolitan, progressive Palestinians from northern Israel who hold Israeli citizenship look down on the conservative, clannish Jerusalemites.
還有那些取得了以色列公民權，居住在以色列北部的巴勒斯坦進步人士，他們信奉世界主義，瞧不起保守而排他的耶路撒冷巴勒斯坦人。

Its rivals are all merging, and Japan's clannish, inward-looking corporate culture makes that very hazardous.
ECONOMIST: Japanese banking
Some point to Islam as a factor, others to the clannish and paternalistic nature of Arab societies.
ECONOMIST: Arab democracy
Outsiders who unsettle the obstetric cartel meet clannish (and even self-interested) opposition.
ECONOMIST: The pioneer of home births in Hungary faces jail

used to describe members of a group of people or society who are friendly to each other, but not to people outside the group

If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.