machinate
/ˈmækɪneɪt/verb
no obj.
- engage in plots and intrigues; scheme密谋, 阴谋策划：
he often machinated against other English bishops.
他经常密谋反对其他英国主教。
派生词
machination
nounmachinator
noun词源
early 16th cent. （used transitively in the sense 'to plot (a malicious act)'）： from Latin machinat- 'contrived', from the verb machinari, from machina （see MACHINE）.