machinations
n. 阴谋诡计;奸计
例句
Your friend, meanwhile, has no need of these mental machinations.
与此同时,你的朋友没有必要经历这些内心的矛盾。
Team Themis's machinations were exposed before they got past the proposal stage.
忒弥斯团队的图谋还在立项阶段就被曝光了。
These machinations serve as a reminder that Italy’s old ways of doing business are slow to change.
这些诡计提醒人们这种老旧的意大利经商方式改变得很慢。