Cabal
[kə'bæl]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala
(n.) A secret.
(n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
(n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
(v. i.) To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
手打:马吉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Clique (for some sinister purpose), junto, COTERIE, set, party, gang, faction, combination, league, confederacy, CAMARILLA.[2]. Intrigue, plot, COMPLOT, conspiracy, machination.
v. n. Intrigue, plot, conspire.
錄入:罗兰
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Confederacy, conspiracy, combination, coterie, gang, faction, plot,{political_intrigue}, junto, league
ANT:Parliament, legislation, council, government, empire, synod
錄入:山姆
解釋/意思:
n. a small party united for some secret design: the plot itself: a name in English history esp. given to five unpopular ministers of Charles II. (1672) whose initials happened to make up the word.—v.i. to form a party for a secret purpose: to plot:—pr.p. cabal′ling.—n. Cabal′ler a plotter or intriguer.
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