名詞 cabal:

1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
   同義詞：faction, junto, camarilla
2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
   同義詞：conspiracy

動詞 cabal:

1. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
   同義詞：conspire, complot, conjure, machinate

ca.bal

n.（名詞）
A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers:
陰謀集團：由密謀者或謀劃者組成的共謀集團 ：
例句：
.Espionage is quite precisely it—a cabal of powerful men, working secretly.(Frank Conroy)
.間諜活動確切地說——是一個由能力強的人組成的陰謀集團，從事秘密的活動.(弗蘭克·康羅伊)

A secret scheme or plot.See Synonyms at conspiracy
密謀：一項秘密的規(guī)劃或謀劃參見 conspiracy
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
ca.balled,ca.bal.ling,ca.bals
To form a cabal; conspire.
共謀：組成一個共謀者集團；共謀

來源：
French cabale
法語 cabale
from Medieval Latin cabala * see cabala
源自 中世紀拉丁語 cabala *參見 cabala

<注釋>The history ofcabal reveals how a word can be transferred from one sphere of activity to another while retaining only a tenuous connection with its past. Ultimately from Hebrewbut transmitted to English probably by way of Medieval Latin and French,cabal is first recorded in English in '' in the sense .cabala.. Cabala was the name for the Hebrew oral tradition transmitted by Moses and also the name for a Jewish religious philosophy based on an esoteric interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.The notion .esoteric. is central to the development of this word in English,forcabal, probably following the sense development in French, came to mean .a tradition, special interpretation, or secret,. .a private intrigue. (first recorded in '4'-'47),and .a small body of intriguers. (first recorded in ''0).It is probably not coincidental thatcabal is found with these latter meanings during the mid-7th century, that time of plots and counterplots by Royalists and Parliamentarians.The word gained a false etymology when it was noticed that the five most influential ministers of Charles II were named Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale.
單詞cable 的歷史表現(xiàn)出一個單詞在與其過去的含義僅保持微弱聯(lián)系的情況下，如何能夠從一個使用范圍轉向另一個范圍。 最起始是源于希伯來語，但可能是通過中世紀的拉丁語和法語轉化為英語，cabal 以.秘教.的含義在英語中最早載于''年。 Cabala 是對摩西所傳的希伯來口頭傳說的稱謂， 也是對基于希伯來圣經(jīng)神秘解說的猶太宗教哲學的稱謂。.深奧的.這個概念對于這個英文單詞的發(fā)展是很重要的，因為cabal 可能是沿用法語里發(fā)展起來的含義， 意為.傳統(tǒng)，特殊的理解或秘密的，.個人陰謀.（最早記載于'4'至'47年），以及.較小的陰謀者的聯(lián)合體.（最早記載于''0年）。它可能與cabal 的7世紀中葉的后來含義并不一致， 在這一時期內充斥著保皇黨人和議員們的陰謀和對策。由于注意到查理二世時期五位最有影響的大臣姓名分別為克利福德，阿靈頓，白金漢，阿什利和勞德戴爾（其姓名首字母合起來為CABAL），該詞由此得來一錯誤的語源說明