cabal

英 [kəˈbæl]

美 [kəˈbæl]

n.  政治阴谋小集团

复数：cabals　现在分词：caballing　过去式：caballed　第三人称单数：cabals　过去分词：caballed　

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BNC.33672 / COCA.23307

牛津词典

noun

• 政治阴谋小集团
  a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 阴谋小集团;秘密团体
  If you refer to a group of politicians or other people as acabal, you are criticizing them because they meet and decide things secretly.
  1. He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators.
     他已被一个由一些参议员同仁组成的小集团选中。
  2. ...a secret government cabal.
     秘密的政府阴谋集团

英英释义

noun

• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
  Synonym:conspiracy
• a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
  Synonym:factionjuntocamarilla

verb

• engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
  1. They conspired to overthrow the government
  Synonym:conspirecomplotconjuremachinate

双语例句

• For persistent domineering intrigues and the spirit of cabal creep beneath the cover.
  持续盛气凌人的阴谋和精神的阴谋蠕变的封面下方。
• Adding insult to injury, Macao's colonial rulers were also forced to negotiate a humiliating truce with a pro-Beijing cabal of local labour leaders and businessmen known as the Committee of Thirteen.
  更有甚者，澳门殖民统治者还被迫与亲北京的社团就一份羞辱性的认罪书进行磋商。该团体由当地劳工领袖和商人组成，被称为13人委员会。
• Chanel had long since refused to join the cabal designers who tried to prevent style piracy.
  夏奈尔很久以前就拒绝加入试图防止设计侵权的设计师派系组织。
• A fortnight ago he had a cabal that had the ear of everyone in government.
  就在两周前，默多克还有个小集团，政府里每个人都会听取该集团的意见。
• The world is no longer accepting dollars or Euros printed by banks under the control of the genocidal cabal.
  整个世界不再接受美金或者欧元，在种族灭尽黑暗团体的控制下由银行印刷出来。
• I used to believe I belonged to a cabal.
  我曾相信我属于一个团体。
• The Dark Cabal cannot exist in Love: it destroys their power.
  黑暗势力无法存在在“爱”中：这会毁了他们的力量。
• Joined in some kind of relationship ( as a colleague or ally or companion etc.); a cabal of associated lawyers.
  以某种关系相关联的（比如同事、同盟或同伴等）；联合律师的阴谋。
• As these new energies pour into your world, our joint efforts to remove the dark cabal progress well: our associates have completed the legalities required to declare many major regimes illegal.
  伴随着新的能量涌入你们的世界，我们移除黑暗阴谋集团的行动进展很顺利：我们的同事已经完成了声明许多主要政权是非法的合法性。
• The Dark Cabal will produce more ENEMIES that you "must fear and fight at all costs".
  黑暗势力将制造更多的敌人，使得你们必须恐惧与斗争，不惜任何代价。