machination / ˌmæk əˈneɪ ʃən /

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machination 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an act or instance of machinating.
  2. Usually machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.

machination 近义词

n. 名词 noun

maneuver, plot

更多machination例句

  1. She suggested some of the machinations might have to do with the district’s legal counsel, Dan Shinoff.
  2. I wasn’t yet aware of the social machinations underpinning my existence.
  3. He also has a politician’s lack of introspection, aversion to showing any weakness, and general lack of curiosity about anything unrelated to the machinations of power.
  4. As the legal machinations after the plague reveal, the Rochester chronicler’s supposed “natural order” is in fact artificial, produced by human institutions and political choices.
  5. It’s time to shine a bright, ugly light on these extremely ugly machinations.
  6. The villain's machination, the lover tied to the railroad track, the train dashing to within two inches of its victim.
  7. Lauzun was always occupied with some machination, even against those to whom he was indifferent; this kept his hand in.
  8. Did the two facts announced by the speakers at the restaurant not form part of the same suspicious machination?
  9. "We are possibly more interested than yourself in clearing up this mysterious machination," Marksman answered.
  10. I will return to Paris to-morrow; I will defeat his machination, expose his falsehood!