• adj. 不擇手段的；狡猾的；馬基雅弗利的
• n. 權(quán)謀政治家

來(lái)自16世紀(jì)意大利政治家和思想家Niccolo Machiavelli,其寫了一本重要的思想巨著《君主論》，論述了為君之道，君主需具備的條件和本領(lǐng)以及如何奪取和鞏固政權(quán)等，其思想的實(shí)質(zhì)是國(guó)家應(yīng)如何通過(guò)改革以強(qiáng)大。但后來(lái)被有意或無(wú)意曲解，并最終引申不擇手段的，陰險(xiǎn)狡詐的等貶義詞義。

Machiavellian (adj.)

"cunning, deceitful, unscrupulous," 1570s, from Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Florentine statesman and author of "Il Principe," a work advising rulers to place advantage above morality. A word of abuse in English well before his works were translated ("The Discourses" 1636, "The Prince" 1640), in part because his books were Indexed by the Church, in part because of French attacks on him (such as Gentillet's, translated into English 1602).

1. A Machiavellian plot was suspected.

人們懷疑背后有不可告人的陰謀。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Think of the colossal nerve of the man - the Machiavellian subtlety of his brain.

請(qǐng)想一想這個(gè)家伙的異乎尋常的膽量――具有權(quán)術(shù)家的多端詭計(jì)的頭腦.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. The board's Machiavellian manoeuvres had given him little choice but to quit.

監(jiān)事會(huì)玩弄權(quán)術(shù)的花招使柯菲德除了辭職外幾乎沒(méi)有其他選擇.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

4. Machiavellian and manipulative, the Lords are often maligned.

權(quán)謀與操控, 陰影議員常常是惡毒的.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)