cabinet
英['k?b?n?t]
美['k?b?n?t]
- n. 內(nèi)閣；櫥柜；展覽藝術(shù)品的小陳列室
- adj. 內(nèi)閣的；私下的，秘密的
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?cabinets;
中文詞源
cabinet 柜子，內(nèi)閣
cabin, 小屋。-et, 小詞后綴。引申義在小屋子里開會，內(nèi)閣。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. This issue, more than any other, has divided her cabinet.
- 主要是這一問題使她的內(nèi)閣產(chǎn)生了分歧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Cabinet Ministers are selfishly pursuing their own vested interests.
- 內(nèi)閣大臣們正在自私地追逐他們自己的既得利益。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The announcement came after a three-hour Cabinet meeting in Downing Street.
- 在唐寧街進行了長達3個小時的內(nèi)閣會議后發(fā)布了這份公告。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is one of the most hawkish members of the new cabinet.
- 他是新內(nèi)閣中鷹派色彩最濃的成員之一。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. All together there are six new faces in the cabinet.
- 內(nèi)閣現(xiàn)在共有6張新面孔。
來自柯林斯例句