Machiavelli

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone like Niccolò Machiavelli: a Machiavellian person
专有名词
  1. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.

词形变化

Machiavellis plural

词源

词源 1
Probably from Italian mal- + chiavello, in which the second component is a diminutive of chiavo (“nail”). The name is attested in a Late Latin document in the form Malclavelli.
词源 2
Probably from Italian mal- + chiavello, in which the second component is a diminutive of chiavo (“nail”). The name is attested in a Late Latin document in the form Malclavelli.
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