★ faction（n）（贬）组织上的小派别，派系（尤指政治上）
I think that the Muslim Brotherhood is one faction in Egypt.
奥巴马说，我认为，穆斯林兄弟会是埃及的一个派系。
Her party has announced that it will boycott the election, but a breakaway faction will contest it.
她领导的党已宣布抵制此次选举，但有一个分裂派系将角逐此次选举。
rival factions within the party 党内的对立派别
★ clique（n）小集团，派系、朋党
The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals。
这俱乐部被知识分子小集团把持着
They are self-improvers, chasing a dream rather than a laborious, life-long career within a clique.
他们自我改善，追逐梦想，而不是终生在一个小圈子内从事艰辛的工作。
They assume that any move towards independence is a plot by foreigners or by a clique of unpatriotic Taiwanese politicians.
他们认为，任何独立之举都是外国人或是不爱国的台湾政治派系的阴谋。