柯林斯詞典machinations /?m?k??ne???nz, ?m??-/ 1. N-PLURAL You use machinations to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power. 隂謀[usu with supp] [表不滿(mǎn)] ...the political machinations that brought him to power. …帶給他權(quán)力的政治隂謀。 返回 machinations劍橋詞典complicated and secret plans to get power or control or to gain an advantage (爲(wèi)奪取權(quán)力的)隂謀,詭計(jì) Despite a commitment to a more open government , the public is still being kept in the dark about the inner machinations of the Cabinet . 盡琯政府承諾提高透明度,但公衆(zhòng)對(duì)內(nèi)閣內(nèi)部的勾心鬭角仍一無(wú)所知。 返回 machinations