machination [ˌmækəˈneʃən, ˌmæʃ-]

例句:

• The exploit machination is in backward status in tourism research usually.
  旅游地开发策划历来在旅游研究领域里处于比较滞后的地位.
  
• The spy , a past master of machination and maneuver, was caught at last.
  这个老奸巨滑的间谍终于被逮住了.
  
• Basslines support a mangled coagulation of screams, yelps and rants about lurking terror, political machination and urban dread.
  来自BBC