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单词 machinate
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Definition of machinate in English:

machinate

verb ˈmaʃɪneɪtˈmakɪneɪt
[no object]
  • Engage in plots; scheme.

    he machinated against other bishops
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Knowing that death would follow the machinated horror, Philius gave one final prayer.
    • Attempting to place myself in the cogitating, machinating mind of Dr. Greenspan, I can envisage how he would seek to use his sham bullets for selectively meting out speculator punishment.
    • Didn't his aura originally stem from the content of his striated torso, his internally-produced, natural, material charisma, quite apart from the machinated forms of the culture industry?
    • Focusing on the GCC has given the impression that climate change obstructionism is confined to a handful of goggle-eyed fossil fuel fundamentalists machinating on the margins of respectable corporate society.
    • They have no place machinating behind the scenes now.
    • He can already be seen machinating a bureaucratic coup.
    • We shall be rid of your machinating ways of slavery upon us!
    • American cinema has, for years, worked its magic to manipulate popular opinion, machinating to fortify racial stereotypes, prejudice, jingoism, and hegemonic control - especially during times of political change.
    • Although in the short-term Casimir quit France, the following year, when Henry defaulted on the second payment, he sold his services to the machinating Anjou.
    Synonyms
    plot, hatch a plot, form a conspiracy, scheme, plan, lay plans, intrigue, collude, connive, collaborate, consort, manoeuvre, be hand in glove, work hand in glove

Derivatives

  • machinator

  • noun
    • The picture could be a physiognomical paradigm of a conspirator, a machinator, a schemer, a Machiavel.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This superior adventure, set partly in Prague, involves threatening political machinators, a fearsome golem, and a brave girl who is orchestrating anti-magical resistance.
      • NY1 hears creaking and shouts of eminent domain from Pataki's office, as if he wasn't the visionless machinator behind the whole fiasco.
      • It also contains an interesting section on James L. Curtis, the archtypical machinator, and information on ‘sacred places and hallowed grounds: mines, miners, and mineral collectors.’

Origin

Early 16th century: from Latin machinat- 'contrived', from machinari 'contrive', from machina (see machine).

Rhymes

cachinnate
 
 

Definition of machinate in US English:

machinate

verb
[no object]
  • Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.

    he machinated against other bishops
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We shall be rid of your machinating ways of slavery upon us!
    • Knowing that death would follow the machinated horror, Philius gave one final prayer.
    • Attempting to place myself in the cogitating, machinating mind of Dr. Greenspan, I can envisage how he would seek to use his sham bullets for selectively meting out speculator punishment.
    • They have no place machinating behind the scenes now.
    • Didn't his aura originally stem from the content of his striated torso, his internally-produced, natural, material charisma, quite apart from the machinated forms of the culture industry?
    • He can already be seen machinating a bureaucratic coup.
    • Focusing on the GCC has given the impression that climate change obstructionism is confined to a handful of goggle-eyed fossil fuel fundamentalists machinating on the margins of respectable corporate society.
    • Although in the short-term Casimir quit France, the following year, when Henry defaulted on the second payment, he sold his services to the machinating Anjou.
    • American cinema has, for years, worked its magic to manipulate popular opinion, machinating to fortify racial stereotypes, prejudice, jingoism, and hegemonic control - especially during times of political change.
    Synonyms
    plot, hatch a plot, form a conspiracy, scheme, plan, lay plans, intrigue, collude, connive, collaborate, consort, manoeuvre, be hand in glove, work hand in glove

Origin

Early 16th century: from Latin machinat- ‘contrived’, from machinari ‘contrive’, from machina (see machine).

 
 
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