intrigue
/icons/point.icon PLOT, INTRIGUE, MACHINATION, CONSPIRACY, CABAL mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end.
PLOT implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme.
e.g. an assassination plot
INTRIGUE suggests secret underhanded maneuvering in an atmosphere of duplicity.
e.g. backstairs intrigue
MACHINATION implies a contriving of annoyances, injuries, or evils by indirect means.
e.g. the machinations of a party boss
CONSPIRACY implies a secret agreement among several people usually involving treason or great treachery.
e.g. a conspiracy to fix prices
CABAL typically applies to political intrigue involving persons of some eminence.
e.g. a cabal among powerful senators
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verb (intrigues, intriguing, intrigued) | inˈtrēɡ |
1. with object arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate:
…の興味をそそる
e.g. I was intrigued by your question.
2. no object make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone:
｟かたく｠ «…に対して» 陰謀を企てる, 策をめぐらす «against, with» ; 密通をする.
e.g. the delegates were intriguing for their own gains.
noun | ˈinˌtrēɡ, inˈtrēɡ |
1. the secret planning of something illicit or detrimental:
陰謀を企てること; 陰謀の気配
e.g. the cabinet was a nest of intrigue
e.g. the intrigues of local government officials.
a secret love affair.
密通
2. a mysterious or fascinating quality:
e.g. within the region's borders is a wealth of interest and intrigue.
DERIVATIVES
intriguer | inˈtrēɡər | noun
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in the sense ‘deceive, cheat’): from French intrigue ‘plot’, intriguer ‘to tangle, to plot’, via Italian from Latin intricare (see intricate). intrigue (sense 1 of the verb) , which was influenced by a later French sense ‘to puzzle, make curious’, arose in the late 19th century.