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

• Unification of aim: survival and avoidance of the destruction hanging over your heads as a consequence of the machinations of psychopathy.
  统一的目标：精神变态者的企图导致幸存和避免毁灭在你们的头脑中盘旋。
• Chinese officials have openly voiced opposition to US machinations in the past.
  中国官员在公开场合表示反对美国的阴谋。
• Hotdoc has also covered the machinations of private Greek banks accused by George Papandreou, the former premier, of issuing thalassodaneia unsecured loans to favoured clients.
  《热文》还报道了希腊私人银行向自己青睐的客户发放无抵押贷款的阴谋，这种做法曾受到希腊前总理乔治帕潘德里欧（georgepapandreou）的指控。
• 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。
• 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。
• This was after several machinations and outside events, including an earlier Bloomberg report that a deal was in the works.
  在此之前，已有多次私下密商和外部活动，包括彭博（Bloomberg）报道称，一项交易正在进行中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you've ever been on the receiving end of such anxious machinations, you know they make you want to run, not bond.
  如果你曾经作为这种焦虑、阴谋诡计中的一位受方，你会知道他们是在让你逃之夭夭，而不是建立紧密关系。