The vicars and lords and widows whose cordial yet machinating lives trollope recounted seemed reasonably settled , yet being people they managed to muck things up 在特羅洛普的筆下,那些牧師、貴族和寡婦們,對生活充滿熱情卻又詭計多端。
英文解釋
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" 同義詞:conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office" 同義詞:organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up,