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.
  1. ...the political machinations that brought him to power.
     将他推上权力宝座的政治阴谋
  2. ...the machinations of the currency speculators.
     货币套利者的阴谋诡计

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。