machiavellian [ˌmækɪr'velɪrn]

例句:

• Securing further promotion was a Machiavellian exercise demanding paroxysms of sycophancy.
  来自F. Fyfield
• A Machiavellian plot was suspected.
  人们怀疑背后有不可告人的阴谋。
  
• Think of the colossal nerve of the man - the Machiavellian subtlety of his brain.
  请想一想这个家伙的异乎寻常的胆量――具有权术家的多端诡计的头脑.
  
• The board's Machiavellian manoeuvres had given him little choice but to quit.
  监事会玩弄权术的花招使柯菲德除了辞职外几乎没有其他选择.
  
• But perhaps a pragmatic, tough-minded Machiavellian strategy would.
  来自WSJ
• Machiavelli may not have been, in fact, a Machiavellian.
  来自NEWYORKER