释义 |
cabalca‧bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countable] formal  cabalOrigin: 1600-1700 French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala ‘secret knowledge’, from Late Hebrew qabbalah ‘received (knowledge)’ - Leaders gather in closed-door cabals and carry on regardless of what their citizens think.
- People who imagine that some small cabal of powerful investors move the market often talk about the gnomes of Zurich.
- The Tyrrell Society and all that pining after defunct Oxford cabals - it's irrelevant, Harry, don't you see?
a small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power |