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vi.默许,纵容,暗中合作,密谋策划

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名词:conniver 动词过去式:connived 过去分词:connived 现在分词:conniving 第三人称单数:connives

connive


/kə'naɪv; kə`naɪv/
v [Ipr] ~ at sth (derog 贬) disregard or seem to allow (a wrong action) 对错误行为视若无睹; 默许; 纵容
*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.

connive


v [I]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: conniver, from Latin connivere 'to close the eyes, connive']
to not try to stop something wrong from happening
connive at
 He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal.
connive (with sb) to do sth
to work secretly with someone to achieve something, especially something wrong
= conspire
 They connived with their mother to deceive me.
>connivancen[U]
 We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards.