Machiavellian
['mækɪə'vɛlɪən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a follower of Machiavelli's principles.
(adj.) of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; 'Machiavellian thinking' .
錄入:提托--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
adj. destitute of political morality following expediency rather than right: cunning crafty perfidious.—n. one who imitates Machiavel—more correctly Niccolo Machiavelli—of Florence (1469-1527): any cunning and unprincipled statesman.—n. Machiavell′ianism the principles taught by Machiavel or conduct regulated by them: cunning statesmanship.
手打:柯尔斯顿
例句/造句/用法:
- At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Prince ceased to be a single and secretive Machiavellian schemer, and became merely the crowned symbol of a Machiavellian scheme. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- When the princes were themselves sufficiently clever they too were Machiavellian. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It did at least set aside the individualism of Machiavellian monarchy and declare that there was a human or at any rate a European commonweal. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The artful diplomatist and disciple of the Machiavellian Binkie! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But Charles V was not a good Machiavellian, and he had acquired in Spain a considerable religious sincerity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:凯利