machiavellian
发音
英 [ˌmækɪə'velɪən]
美 [ˌmækɪr'velɪrn]
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- adj.
- 马基雅弗利的，权谋术的
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- n.
- 权谋政治家
单词词源
Machiavellian 马基雅维利主义的，不择手段的
来自16世纪意大利政治家和思想家Niccolo Machiavelli,其写了一本重要的思想巨著《君主论》，论述了为君之道，君主需具备的条件和本领以及如何夺取和巩固政权等，其思想的实质是国家应如何通过改革以强大。但后来被有意或无意曲解，并最终引申不择手段的，阴险狡诈的等贬义词义。
双语例句
- 1. That is financial engineering at its most machiavellian .
- 这是最最狡猾的金融创新。
- 2. The question is whether he was well served or whether he allowed others , notably karl rove , his machiavellian campaign adviser , undue influence .
- 问题在于，他对此是泰然处之还是默许他人尤其是他那不择手段的竞选顾问卡尔洛夫（karlrove）发挥了不正当影响呢？
- 3. He boasted that in 2014 he would do " the most slippery , unthinkable , machiavellian things denying press credential s , barring access , changing game schedules . "
- 特谢拉自吹自擂，说2014年他会“不择手段地做出一些人们意料之外的事情，（例如）不承认记者身份，禁止他人访问以及随意改变比赛日程。”
- 4. Since taking office in 1985 , he has become known by rivals and supporters alike as a machiavellian operator who presided over cambodia 's recovery from civil war and genocide but who also quashed dissent and outmaneuvered opponents .
- 自从1985年上任以来，洪森已经被政治对手和支持者们视为马基雅弗利式不择手段的政治权谋家，他既领导柬埔寨从内战和种族屠杀中恢复过来，同时也镇压持不同政见者并智胜政治对手。
- 5. Dr bartels and dr pizarro then correlated the results from the trolleyology with those from the personality tests . They found a strong link between utilitarian answers to moral dilemmas ( push the fat guy off the bridge ) and personalities that were psychopathic , machiavellian or tended to view life as meaningless .
- 然后，bartels和pizarro把电车测试的结果和人格测试结果联系起来，他们发现对道德抉择（即把那个胖子推下桥）的实用主义选择和精神变态、不择手段或是厌世情绪的人格有着很大联系。