ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]诡计多端的;不择手段的 If you describe someone as Machiavellian, you are critical of them because they often make clever and secret plans to achieve their aims and are not honest with people. 诡计多端的;不择手段的 [disapproval]
...Machiavellian republicans plotting to destabilise the throne.
不择手段密谋推翻王权的共和党人
...the Machiavellian and devious way decisions were made.