cahoots

cahoots

英 [kə'huːts]
　　美 [kə'huts]

n. 結夥，與…共謀（cahoot的復數）

中文詞源：

cahoots 結夥欺騙

可能來自cohort的變體。co-, 強調，-hort, 同yard, 院子，同伴。

例句：

1. I am not having you and him in cahoots against me.
我不會讓你和他勾結起來害我的。

2. In his view they were all in cahoots with the police.
照他看，他們和警察都是一夥的。

3. Some people believe that the company directors are in cahoots with the government.
有些人相信公司的董事們與政府勾結.

4. The two criminals were in cahoots ( with each other ).
那兩個罪犯 ( 彼此 ) 勾結在一起.

5. The hanged captain had been in cahoots with the enemy.
被處決的上尉犯有通敵罪.