| 词汇 | cabal |
| 释义 | cabal noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /kəˈbæl/ us /kəˈbɑːl/ a small group of people who plan secretly to take action, especially political action: （尤指策划政治行动的）阴谋小集团，阴谋团伙 He was assassinated by a cabal of aides within his own regime.他被自己政权内部的幕僚们所组成的阴谋集团暗杀了。 Groups of people affinity group alliance an anti-gang assemblage family federation federative First Nation first people line (someone) up mafia mob peer group phalanx posse public quaternity scratch syndicate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Political movements & groups Examples of cabalcabal Here, too, the issue had been one of 'publicness', with a supposedly voluntary charity having come under the effective control of a small cabal of surgeons. Here was the scent of monopoly: the government had no trouble sniffing out a manufacturers' cabal to fix output and wages, and deprive workers of their pleasures. Parrott demonstrates that the crown was reliant on short-term credit provided by a cabal of well-connected financiers, the clients of the ministers they funded, and therefore unassailable. The system is not the distribution of public monies by a medical cabal in its own interests, as has sometimes been suggested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not done in a secret cabal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak for myself, not as spokesman of a group, cabal or little clique. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that we should provide for a situation where the mayor could be removed by a political cabal within the assembly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I prefer to refer to it as the product of a cabal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not speaking for any clique or cabal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can seriously believe that decisions taken by a cabal of about half a dozen machine politicians, behind closed doors, amounts to democracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People believe extraordinary things by way of dogmas and cabals on the "money supply ". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they spoke, this was not some trade union cabal saying what we should get. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would dispel the view that there is some hidden cabal with a quid pro quo, a two-way street of gossip and innuendo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of the cabal choosing the people who were elected, the electorate would choose them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it patronising in concept, undemocratic in its probable operation and open to cabals, cliques and cartels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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