Machination
[,mæʃɪ'neɪʃn] or [ˌmækəˈneʃən,ˌmæʃ-]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of machinating.
(n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
比琳达手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Plot, complot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, trick.
霍雷肖整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Contrivance, plot, intrigue, conspiracy, stratagem, artful_scheme, design
ANT:Detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling_defeat, exposure, defiance,challenge, conflict, competition
編輯:内尔达
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing.
约翰娜編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Not to any man I knew could the machination, for a moment, be attributed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- William, Justine, and Clerval, had died through my infernal machinations; And whose death, cried I, is to finish the tragedy? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- This attack was directed against Raymond and his machinations for the restoration of the monarchy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I am the assassin of those most innocent victims; they died by my machinations. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I gasped for breath; and, throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed, Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
手打:利蒂希娅