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

• 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。
• It would expose the political machinations behind banks that exploit public trust.
  这将暴露出利用公众信任的银行背后的政治图谋。
• They were enmeshed in villainous machinations.
  他们馅入了罪恶的阴谋之中。
• It has become axiomatic that central banks should be independent entities, insulated from the grubby machinations of politicians.
  央行应当成为不受政客肮脏阴谋影响的独立实体，这一点已成为不言自明的公理。
• To understand the machinations of love.
  会理解爱的小花招。
• Your friend, meanwhile, has no need of these mental machinations.
  与此同时，你的朋友没有必要经历这些内心的矛盾。
• 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。
• In February, it was ordered out of Kyrgyzstan after Russian machinations, though that decision has been reversed for now.
  在俄罗斯的策划下，今年2月吉尔吉斯斯坦也向美军下达了驱逐令，不过这一决定暂时已被推翻。
• 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。