Scheming

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scheme

(a.) Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.

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• They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Not in your sense of the word, but in mine you are scheming to destroy me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I am always avariciously scheming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But far from being the scheming hypocrite his enemies say he is, Mr. Bryan is too simple for the task of statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The royal family was scheming to get farther away from Paris--in order to undo all that had been done, to restore tyranny and extravagance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Her relations were poor and scheming, with the exception of my father; he was poor enough, but not time-serving or jealous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He was scheming to make himself a real emperor, with a crown upon his head and all his rivals and school-fellows and friends at his feet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That poor dear Mrs. Bullock, said Rowdy to Hollyock, as they drove away together--she is always scheming and managing. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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