单词 | machiavelli |
释义 | Machiavellin. = Machiavel n. (also occasionally in more general use). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > one who Machiavellist1565 Machiavellian1566 Machiavel1571 designer1598 stratagemitor1602 stratagematist1609 angler1622 artist1648 intriguer1667 volpone1672 finesser1773 manoeuvrera1805 intriguist1830 schemer1846 Machiavelli1849 1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 203 The Italy of our day is precisely the Italy of the middle ages; the famous cunning, the deservedly infamous diplomacy of former centuries prevails yet; Machiavellis are still opposing Borgias, the Viscontis wrestle yet with the house of Savoy. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. viii. 123 Discussion was stimulated of course by their inevitable difference of view—Ralph having amused himself with taking the ground that the genial ex-guardsman was a regular Machiavelli. 1899 S. Grundy Fool's Paradise iii. 47 Sir Peter will think I'm an awful cad, but what does it matter what Sir Peter thinks? Upon my word, statesmanship is hereditary, after all. I feel a regular Machiavelli! 1954 Encounter Nov. 16/2 The American Machiavelli is tethered good and fast to the pole of Communism. 1988 M. Bishop Unicorn Mountain (1989) xvi. 161 Wasn't that what Big Brother was for? To keep Little Brother..straight? To teach him the way of the world without creating either a Milquetoast or a Machiavelli? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。