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

• 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。
• No, it is not a cabal. it's team obama.
  不，这并不是右派的观点，而是奥巴马团队的声音。
• 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。
• Lately many of our Earth allies are noticing our affect upon the dark cabal.
  最近很多我们地球的盟友注意到了我们对于黑暗势力的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nazi leader George Bush Senior and his cabal have finally contacted a White Dragon representative seeking some way to preserve their assets after the US corporate bankruptcy.
  纳粹的领导者老乔治布什和他的阴谋家们终极接触了一位白龙会的代表人，追求某些方法在美国政府的法人破产之后来保持他们的资产。
• The cabal is now feverishly engaged in negotiating a reduction in the penalties to be levied against them.
  黑暗势力现在狂热的忙碌于谈判以减少责罚吞噬他们自己。
• Instead of trying to develop into a mass party, FRELIMO remained a small tightly organized cabal.
  FRELIMO没有试图发展成大的政党，而一直是组织严密的小秘密集团。
• 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。