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con·nive /kəˈnaɪv/ verb [intransitive] 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 [uncountable] 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。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconnive• Would the brother connive at it?• The problem remains of how to get the existing parliament to connive at its own demise.Origin connive (1600-1700) French conniver, from Latin connivere “to close the eyes, connive”con·nive verbChineseSyllable to not something from stop happening to Corpus wrong try |