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单词 cahoots
释义
cahoots
noun[plural]
informal
uk
/kəˈhuːts/us
/kəˈhuːts/
in cahoots (with)
actingtogether withothersfor anillegalordishonestpurpose:
结伙，勾结；沆瀣一气
Abankerand agovernmentministerwere in cahoots over apropertydeal.一名银行家和一名政府部长在一桩房产交易上相互勾结。
It'sreckonedthat someone in thegovernmentwas in cahoots with theassassin.人们认为政府中有人与杀手相互勾结。
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(Definition ofcahootsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcahoots

cahoots
The structural repeat is transposed, varied and redistributed, and an agile coda has the soloist incahootswith its orchestral counterparts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Two witnesses likely to be incahootswith one another would not count as two.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We may not be incahootsor in collaboration.
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The paramilitaries act in agreement and incahootswith the army, which in many cases - including this one - draw up the death lists.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The people who are administering the systems will decide, and will do so incahootswith the unions and the direct labour organisations.
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It will soon be said against us that we are running incahootswith one another.
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Anyhow, they are in greatcahootsand believe most sincerely in unilateral disarmament.
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Unfortunately, sometimes those involved are incahootswith some of the unscrupulous immigration advisers whom we are determined to tackle.
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They are there to watch these dreadful acts, and are effectively incahootswith the organisers.
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I went incahootswith a neighbouring farmer who was also a proprietor.
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While the man who has been convicted is protected, the man who may have been in closecahootswith him has no protection at all.
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Hansard archive
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This process involves wide boys acting incahootswith the country's politicians to dupe entrepreneurs.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The reason we do not want the two to be incahootsis quite clear.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Both parties are not incahootsin this.
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We should ensure that the person is not incahootswith the original psychiatrist and that he is truly independent and from another hospital.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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