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

• The idea is to simply observe the thoughts and impressions, but at the same time subtly detach yourself from the machinations and goings on inside.
  冥想的要领在于仅仅去旁观那些思绪与印象，而同时巧妙地将你自己与大脑内的思维机制相脱离。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were enmeshed in villainous machinations.
  他们馅入了罪恶的阴谋之中。
• 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。
• They care little for the machinations and politics of "ground folk", and they rarely interfere with changeling society.
  它们对“地面人类”的诡计和政治不感兴趣，因此他们几乎不干扰低能级社会的事物。
• But there is also, in all likelihood, a kind of recognition and form of empathy in Beijing for the bizarre machinations and public trials of Pyongyang.
  但北京方面多半也会对平壤的离奇阴谋和公开审判怀有某种认可和同情。
• Despite all their machinations, they didn't inherit a single penny.
  尽管他们施尽了阴谋诡计，他们也没继承到一个子。
• 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。