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This doesn’t mean that they don’t evaluate employees or give pay raises; it just means they do so in an ad hoc manner that’s highly vulnerable to political machinations.
這并不是說公司沒有對員工進行評估或者給他們加薪，只能說公司并不是故意這樣做的，這樣做公司會很容易被政治上的陰謀擊垮。
As these clunky machinations continue, Mr Jensen follows a simple mantra: “the milk price is going to go up and the milk price is going to go down.” He hedges on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
當這些拙劣的陰謀詭計繼續(xù)的時候，杰森念叨著一個簡單的咒語“牛奶價格要漲，牛奶價格要跌”，他現(xiàn)在在芝加哥商品交易市場做期貨套期保值。
Partly thanks to his own machinations, there is no obvious successor if Mr Berlusconi quits.
如果他辭職，目前沒有明顯能接替他的人，此狀況部分歸因于他愛使陰謀詭計。

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You use machinations to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power.