connive是什么意思？

connive

英[kəˈnaɪv] 美[kəˈnaɪv]

• vi. 密谋 ，搞阴谋，默许，纵容；

第三人称单数：connives;

过去式：connived;

过去分词：connived;

现在分词：conniving;

例句

• Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment. 对于破坏环境的行为不加反对就等于纵容.
• The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape. 囚犯们贿赂看守,使看守默许他们越狱.
• To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty. 低价从贫穷国家采购是加重其贫穷的不义之举。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-RECIP
  串通;密谋
  If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
  例句
  He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights... 他指责部长们与外国公司串通一气损害就业权。 Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released. 几位资深政治家串通起来确保他不会获释。
• VERB
  纵容;默许;共谋
  If you say that someone connives at something or connives in something, you are critical of them because they allow or help it to happen even though they know that it is wrong and that they ought to prevent it.
  例句
  He suspected elements within the South African government were conniving at the disturbances to try to weaken the ANC... 他怀疑南非政府内有一帮人纵容这些骚乱的发生，企图削弱非国大。 To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty. 低价从贫穷国家采购是加重其贫穷的不义之举。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  默许;纵容
  Her brother is believed to have connived at her murder. 据信她的哥哥没有制止对她的谋杀。
  对(明知错误的事情)视而不见；默许；纵容
  The general is accused of conniving in a plot to topple the government. 将军被指控纵容一个颠覆政府的阴谋。 Her brother is believed to have connived at her murder. 据信她的哥哥没有制止对她的谋杀。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
  2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner