Machiavellian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/|/ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/    美 /ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/|/ˌmæk.jəˈvɛl.i.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unscrupulous schemer.
形容词 adj.
  1. Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.
    — Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.
  2. Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.
    — As Dr. Spalding notes, the connection that Washington drew "between private morality and national character, between virtue and happiness, hardly seems Machiavellian."

词形变化

more Machiavellian comparative most Machiavellian superlative machiavellian alternative Machiavellians plural machiavellian alternative

词源

词源 1
From Machiavelli + -an, from the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
词源 2
From Machiavelli + -an, from the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
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