connive
英 [k?'na?v]
美[k?'na?v]
- vi. 共謀；縱容；默許
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?connives;過去式:?connived;過去分詞:?connived;現(xiàn)在分詞:?conniving;
中文詞源
connive 縱容
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-niv, 眨眼，詞源同nictitate. 比喻睜一只眼閉一只眼，縱容。
英文詞源
- connive (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin connivere, also conivere "to wink," hence, "to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy," from com- "together" (see com-) + base akin to nictare "to wink," from PIE root *kneigwh- (see nictitate). Related: Connived; conniving.
雙語例句
- 1. To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
- 低價(jià)從貧窮國家采購是加重其貧窮的不義之舉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
- 她不得不默許丈夫?qū)λ牟恢?
來自辭典例句
- 3. The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
- 囚犯們賄賂看守,使看守默許他們越獄.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
- 那個(gè)學(xué)生企圖和她的朋友串謀考試作弊.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.
- 對于破壞環(huán)境的行為不加反對就等于縱容.
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