英语词汇“machinate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To machinate is to scheme or plan something. You might, for example, machinate a way to defeat the more popular candidate in an election for school president.

You can use the verb machinate in two ways: to arrange or plan in a carefully detailed way, or to plot in an equally careful but somewhat sneaky or underhanded way. While a teacher might machinate to best organize and inspire her class, a movie villain also machinates in order to defeat the hero. Both meanings come from the same root, the noun machination, "plotting or intrigue," which is ultimately rooted in the Latin machina, "device or machine."

WORD FAMILY

machinate: machinated, machinates, machinating, machination, machinator+/machination: machinations/machinator: machinators

USAGE EXAMPLES

It urges those who work in it to agglutinate and machinate.

Economist(Oct 27, 2016)

But that leaves plenty of legislative detail, if the Lib Dems machinate wisely, for the two parties to find common cause over.

Economist(Jun 11, 2015)

If the behind-the-scenes machinating among the ’ front office this week was unseemly, it was a lot more watchable than their football.

Washington Post(Dec 16, 2013)

1v arrange by systematic planning and united effort

machinate a plot

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare

mount, put on

prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

lay

prepare or position for action or operation

set up

begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

sandwich

make into a sandwich

spatchcock

prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock

embattle

prepare for battle or conflict

rerun

rerun a performance of a play, for example

initiate, pioneer

take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

2v engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

cabal, complot, conjure, conspire

coconspire

conspire together

plot

plan secretly, usually something illegal

单词	machinate
释义	machinate (once / 2952 pages) v To machinate is to scheme or plan something. You might, for example, machinate a way to defeat the more popular candidate in an election for school president. You can use the verb machinate in two ways: to arrange or plan in a carefully detailed way, or to plot in an equally careful but somewhat sneaky or underhanded way. While a teacher might machinate to best organize and inspire her class, a movie villain also machinates in order to defeat the hero. Both meanings come from the same root, the noun machination, "plotting or intrigue," which is ultimately rooted in the Latin machina, "device or machine." WORD FAMILY machinate: machinated, machinates, machinating, machination, machinator+/machination: machinations/machinator: machinators USAGE EXAMPLES It urges those who work in it to agglutinate and machinate. Economist(Oct 27, 2016) But that leaves plenty of legislative detail, if the Lib Dems machinate wisely, for the two parties to find common cause over. Economist(Jun 11, 2015) If the behind-the-scenes machinating among the ’ front office this week was unseemly, it was a lot more watchable than their football. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2013) 1v arrange by systematic planning and united effort machinate a plot Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper devise, get up, organise, organize, prepare mount, put on prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance lay prepare or position for action or operation set up begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. sandwich make into a sandwich spatchcock prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock embattle prepare for battle or conflict rerun rerun a performance of a play, for example initiate, pioneer take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of 2v engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper cabal, complot, conjure, conspire coconspire conspire together plot plan secretly, usually something illegal
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