machinations
英 [ˌmækɪˈneɪʃənz]
美 [ˌmækəˈneɪʃənz]
n. (尤指夺权的)阴谋,诡计,奸计
柯林斯词典
- N-PLURAL 阴谋;诡计;奸计
You usemachinationsto describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power.- ...the political machinations that brought him to power.
将他推上权力宝座的政治阴谋 - ...the machinations of the currency speculators.
货币套利者的阴谋诡计
- ...the political machinations that brought him to power.
双语例句
- After a convoluted series of legal machinations, Nintendo successfully negotiated with the Soviets and emerged with the worldwide rights to create handheld and console versions of the game.
经过一系列法律上错综复杂的勾心斗角,任天堂成功地与苏联人达成协议,获得了在全球发行该游戏掌上机和游戏机版本的权利。 - That it was human to avoid the peril of death and infamy, and the inscrutable machinations of an enemy;
为了避免死亡和耻辱的危险,以及一个敌人的莫测的诡计,出走原是合乎情理的。 - Their good intentions, bony torsos, tight ships, neat corners, cerebral machinations, and pat solutions loom like dark clouds over the loose, comfortable, spread-out, soft world of the fat.
他们的善意、严谨、高效、整洁、干巴巴的躯干、聪明把戏和成套的解决方法,像乌云一样在胖人宽松、舒服、敞开和柔软的世界里时隐时现。 - Despite a commitment to more open government, the public are still being kept in the dark about the inner machinations of the cabinet.
尽管有政府事务公开化的承诺,公众对内阁内的勾心斗角仍一无所知。 - These blatant machinations, where everything was imitation and nothing was real, leached away support for United Russia even before the elections.
在这些无耻的政治阴谋中一切都是虚假的,没有真实,而早在选举之前这些阴谋就已经造成对统俄党的支持消散了。 - These lawyers, this jury, this straw-and-water judge, these machinations of fate, did not basically disturb or humble or weaken him.
这些律师,这个陪审团,这个随波逐流的推事,这些命运的暗算都没有从根本上使他觉得不安,或者自卑或者怯弱。 - He could no longer endure the machinations of his colleagues.
他再也不能忍受他那伙同僚的诡计了。 - Cunning men often pass for wise; deep political machinations; a foxy scheme; a slick evasive answer; sly as a fox; tricky dick; a wily old attorney.
狡猾的人经常被看作是聪明人;老谋深算的政治诡计;狡诈的计划;狡诈回避的回答;狡猾得像只狐狸;狡猾的迪克;狡猾的老讼棍。 - The South Sea Bubble was the result of ruinous machinations by Britain's lord treasurer, Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, who was looking to fund the national debt.
南海泡沫的起因是英国时任财政大臣罗伯特•哈利(RobertHarley)伯爵希望为国债融资而制造的毁灭性阴谋。 - They were enmeshed in villainous machinations.
他们馅入了罪恶的阴谋之中。