| 词汇 | connive |
| 释义 | conniveWord family nounconnivanceconniververbconnive con·nive /kəˈnaɪv/ verb [intransitiveI] 1 LET/ALLOWto not try to stop something wrong from happening 放任，纵容，默许〔错误的事情〕 connive at He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal. 他不会是第一个默许不正当商业交易的政客。 2 connive (with somebody) to do something PLANto work secretly with someone to achieve something, especially something wrong （与某人）秘密合谋[串通]做某事 SYN conspire They connived with their mother to deceive me. 他们与他们的母亲串通来骗我。 —connivance noun [uncountableU] We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards. 如果不是警卫默许，我们是逃不出来的。 Examples from the Corpus connive• Would the brother connive at it?• The problem remains of how to get the existing parliament to connive at its own demise. (1600-1700) French conniver, from Latin connivere “to close the eyes, connive” |
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