machination

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.
  2. The act of machinating or plotting. countable,uncountable

词形变化

machinations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
countermachination
相关词
machinal machinate

词源

From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.
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