connive

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  • v. 共谋；默许；纵容

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    con-，强调。-niv，眨眼，词源同nictitate.比喻睁一只眼闭一只眼，纵容。
      verb(动词)
      1. 密谋;搞阴谋
      2. 纵容;放任;默许

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 密谋;搞阴谋

      Officials were accused of conniving with the company in the supply of arms to Sierra Leone.

      官员们被指控与该公司串通为塞拉利昂提供武器。

      They connived to break the school rules at every opportunity.

      他们一有机会就密谋违反校规。

    2. 纵容;放任;默许

      She had murdered or connived at the murder of one of her lovers.

      她谋杀或者默许他人谋杀了她的一个情人。

      He called for an independent investigation to find out whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.

      他要求调查腐败官员是否接受了贿赂而对质量低劣的建筑工程听之任之。

    小知识

    To connive is to plan or plot to do something illegal or wrong. Conniving is considered dishonest and cowardly.

    If someone accuses you of conniving, that's definitely not a compliment. Conniving usually occurs in secret, and people who connive are up to no good. Criminals planning a bank robbery are conniving. Crooked politicians looking for a bribe are conniving. Villains connive, and conniving is associated with conspiracies and dishonesty. The opposite of conniving is being honest and straightforward.

    实用短语

    1. connive at

      放纵

    2. protect and connive at

      纵容包庇

    3. to connive at

      纵容,放纵

    4. connive e

      默许

    5. connive with

      密谋

    6. connive at drugs

      纵毒

    7. connive win win

      共谋双赢

    8. connive with sb

      纵容谁

    单词用法

    变化形式
    第三人称单数： connives过去式： connived过去分词： connived现在分词： conniving

    同义词

    complot  /  collude  /  cooperate  /  scheme

    同根词

    词根：connive

    adj.

    conniving纵容的；默许的

    n.

    connivance纵容；默许；假装不见

    v.

    conniving纵容；默许；假装不见；共谋（connive的ing形式）