cadre

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ca·dre /ˈkɑːdə, -drə, ˈkeɪdə $ ˈkædri, ˈkɑːdrə/ noun [countable]  GROUP OF PEOPLEa small group of specially trained people in a profession, political party, or military force 骨干队伍cadre of a cadre of highly trained scientists 一支训练有素的科学家骨干队伍n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?• Cadre is usually followed by a singular verb: A new cadre of leaders has emerged.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: A new cadre of leaders have emerged.

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cadre• Already, the mayor is creating a cadre of business advisors to start brainstorming more ideas.• The weekends with the cadre of sociable women must have been the happy times.• The cadres, under pressure, singled out alleged culprits on no pretext at all.• But the young cadre made no such move.Origin cadre (1800-1900) French Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum “square”

ca·dre noun →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

a small trained group in a people Corpus of specially

cadre
ca‧dre /ˈkɑːdə, -drə, ˈkeɪdə $ ˈkædri, ˈkɑːdrə/ noun [countable also + plural verb] British Englisha small group of specially trained people in a profession, political party, or military force
    cadre of
    a cadre of highly trained scientists

cadreBrE /ˈkɑːdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkædri/ 🔊 noun (formal) [countable + singular or plural verb] a small group of people who are specially chosen and trained for a particular purpose 骨干（队伍） [countable] a member of this kind of group 干部