- 1馬基維利式的、權謀的、不擇手段的（台灣譯名是馬基維利；中國大陸較常寫馬基雅維利）
If a plan or a person is Machiavellian, they use clever methods that most people would call wrong — lying, using others, playing two sides — to get what they want, often power. It is a strong, slightly word, and it shows . You meet it in writing about , history, and office games. It comes from Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian statesman and writer (1469–1527). His book The Prince says that getting and keeping power may mean doing things that are not ethical. Though actually, people still argue about whether he was teaching cruelty, describing the ugly truth, or warning us. Everyday English has already chosen: Machiavellian means cunning in a cold, way. Careful writing keeps the capital M. You can also call such a person a Machiavellian, as a noun.
組成From the name Machiavelli + the ending -an / -ian, “of that person / in that style.”
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Machiavellianadj/ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/
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Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.
- Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play Othello.
- The most common reason cited is a Machiavellian one: Police view perjury as a necessary means to achieve the ends of justice.
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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."
Machiavelliannoun/ˌmæk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən/
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An unscrupulous schemer.
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