Cabal



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.政治阴谋小集团
• ［类］ cabal : association / plot : plan ( 阴谋集团是秘密协会 / 密谋是秘密计划)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore)
• Date: 1614
• 1. the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also a group engaged in such artifices and intrigues
• 2. club, group cabal of artists
• Synonyms: see plot

II. intransitive verb (caballed; caballing)

• Date: 1678
• to unite in or form a cabal

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