machinate

v. 图谋, 策划

发音

其它 /ˈmækɪneɪt/
其它 /ˈmækɪneɪt/

词形变化

machinated machinates 三单 machinates machinating machinating 现在分词 machinated 过去式 machinated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

prepare organize organise conjure devise cabal conspire complot get up

上位词 3

plot initiate pioneer

下位词 9

fix lay sandwich mount setup put on coconspire embattle spatchcock

词源

First attested in 1537; borrowed from Latin machinātus, perfect active participle of machinor (“to invent, devise; to scheme, plot”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

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