cabal

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  • n.
    (政治)阴谋小集团,(尤指政治上的)阴谋
  • vi.
    策划阴谋

单词词源

cabal 政治阴谋小集团

来自希伯来语,义为神秘的,词源同Cabala. 现词义来自于17世纪英国历史上组成阴谋集团的五个大臣姓名首字母缩小(Clifford, Arlington,Buckingham,Ashley,and Lauderdale)

双语例句

1. Davos is often criticized as a cabal of the global elite .
达沃斯论坛常常被批评为全球精英们的一场阴谋。
2. The world 's most conservative scientific body has somehow been transformed into a cabal of screaming demagogues .
世界上最保守的科学机构在某种程度上已被魔化成了由大喊大叫的煽动家们组成的阴谋集团。
3. Anyone wanting companies run by a self-serving , self-recruiting cabal could hardly improve on this incestuous system .
任何希望公司由一个自私自利、中饱私囊的阴谋集团来经营的人,都几乎不可能改进这种朋比为奸的体系。
4. So powerful did seward remain that he was targeted by the april 1865 cabal that killed lincoln , surviving with some nasty knife wounds .
所以,西沃德一再强烈声称自己是1865年4月谋杀林肯的阴谋的目标,在一些肮脏的匕首下侥幸逃生。
5. They see a kleptocratic state , teetering on the edge of anarchy and serving only a ruling cabal of politicians , bureaucrats and the military men who operate in the shadows .
所见之处,是一个濒临混乱,只为少数当权的政客、官僚、幕后掌握实权的军人等阴谋集团服务的强盗政权。

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