machinate
machinate
[ˈmakɪneɪt, ˈmaʃ-]
verb
machination
noun
machinator
noun
语源
[ˈmakɪneɪt, ˈmaʃ-]
verb
- [no obj.]engage in plots and intrigues; scheme
密谋，阴谋策划
he often machinated against other English bishops.
他经常密谋反对其他英国主教。
machination
noun
machinator
noun
语源
- early 16th cent. (used transitively in the sense 'to plot (a malicious act)'): from Latin machinat- 'contrived', from the verb machinari, from machina (see machine)
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