Machination

(n.) The act of machinating.

(n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

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• Not to any man I knew could the machination, for a moment, be attributed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• William, Justine, and Clerval, had died through my infernal machinations; And whose death, cried I, is to finish the tragedy? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• This attack was directed against Raymond and his machinations for the restoration of the monarchy. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I am the assassin of those most innocent victims; they died by my machinations. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I gasped for breath; and, throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed, Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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