conclaves

英 [ˈkɒnkleɪvz]

美 [ˈkɑnˌkleɪvz]

n. 秘密会议; 秘密会议与会者
conclave的复数

秘密会议;枢机会议（选举新教皇的秘密会议）
A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave .

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This was our word for a hovel, built by us of salvaged boards or crates and big enough for us to crawl into for secret conclaves.
这样的陋室是我们用废弃的纸板或货箱搭建而成的，其大小只可供我们爬进去召开秘密会议，我们管这样的陋室叫“bunk”。
In huts and caves, in the plains and in the mountains, secret conclaves went on again.
在平原的土房里，在山区的窑洞中，秘密串连又开始了。
Time is of the essence in reaching an international agreement lest political patience with regulatory conclaves runs out and we enter a cycle of unco-ordinated policy, distorted capital flows and regulatory arbitrage.
在达成一份国际协议方面，时间至关重要，以免政界对监管密谋的耐心耗尽，我们进入一个政策不协调、资本流动扭曲和监管套利的循环。
It is the custom at these global conclaves to conclude that the financial crisis requires that the institutions that host them should be strengthened.
这些国际会议会习惯性地总结称，金融危机要求这些会议的主办机构得到加强。