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machination
noun[ Cusually plural ]
uk /ˌmæʃ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən//ˌmæk.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌmæk.əˈneɪ.ʃən//ˌmæʃ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
a complicated and secret plan to get power or control or to gain an advantage:
machinations ofDespite a commitment to a more open government, the public is still being kept in the dark about the inner machinations of the Cabinet.尽管政府承诺提高透明度，但公众对内阁内部的勾心斗角仍一无所知。
Much of next year will be taken up with political machinations about his successor.
The whole thing was a machination from the outset.
Related word
machinate
Nobody can escape their machinations.
What plot machinations does it take to bring these two characters together?
We must not allow the regime to succeed in its evil machinations to divide and discourage us.
In a totalitarian state, a machination of this kind would have been managed without difficulty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plotting & trapping
be in league with someoneidiom
cahoots
catch someone out
chemtrail
chicanery
conspiracy
conspiracy theorist
conspiracy theory
conspirator
conspire
insinuate
outplot
plotter
ploy
pretext
pretextual
put-up job
sting
what's your game?idiom
wheeze
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