cabal
cabal
[kəˈbal]
noun
[kəˈbal]
noun
- a secret political clique or faction
秘密政治派系，秘密小集团
a cabal of dissidents.
不同政见者组成的秘密集团。
■(historical)a committee of five ministers under Charles II, whose surnames happened to begin with C, A, B, A, and L
(史)（查理二世时的）五大臣小集团（此五人姓名首字母恰好为C,A,B,A和L）
- late 16th cent. (denoting the cabbala): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Cabbala)
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