cabinet
英 ['kæbɪnɪt]
美 ['kæbɪnət]
- n. 内阁；橱柜；展览艺术品的小陈列室
- adj. 内阁的；私下的，秘密的
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cabinet 柜子，内阁cabin, 小屋。-et, 小词后缀。引申义在小屋子里开会，内阁。
- cabinet (n.)
- 1540s, "secret storehouse, treasure chamber," from Middle French cabinet "small room" (16c.), diminutive of Old French cabane "cabin" (see cabin); perhaps influenced by (or rather, from) Italian gabbinetto, diminutive of gabbia, from Latin cavea "stall, stoop, cage, den for animals" (see cave (n.)).
Meaning "case for safe-keeping" (of papers, liquor, etc.) is from 1540s, gradually shading to mean a piece of furniture that does this. Sense of "private room where advisors meet" (c. 1600) led to modern political meaning (1640s); perhaps originally short for cabinet council (1630s); compare board (n.1) in its evolution from place where some group meets to the word for the group that meets there.
- 1. This issue, more than any other, has divided her cabinet.
- 主要是这一问题使她的内阁产生了分歧。
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- 2. Cabinet Ministers are selfishly pursuing their own vested interests.
- 内阁大臣们正在自私地追逐他们自己的既得利益。
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- 3. The announcement came after a three-hour Cabinet meeting in Downing Street.
- 在唐宁街进行了长达3个小时的内阁会议后发布了这份公告。
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- 4. He is one of the most hawkish members of the new cabinet.
- 他是新内阁中鹰派色彩最浓的成员之一。
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- 5. All together there are six new faces in the cabinet.
- 内阁现在共有6张新面孔。
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