Machiavellian

发音

UK /ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/
UK /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/
US /ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/
AU
US /ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/

词形变化

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别名

Mach Machiavelian machiavellian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unscrupulous schemer.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

    Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.

  2. 2.

    Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

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词源

From Machiavelli + -an, from the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.

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