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connive

音標[k?'naiv] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vi. 默許, 共謀, 縱容
【法】 默許, 縱容, 共謀

詞型變化：

名詞:conniver 動詞過去式:connived 過去分詞:connived 現在分詞:conniving 第三人稱單數:connives 

英文解釋：

動詞 connive:

  1. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
  2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
    同義詞：scheme, intrigue

例句：

  1. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
    神不能改變過去; 惟其如是，他就不能不對歷史家的存在一隻眼開一隻眼閉了。
  2. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historian.
    神不能改變過去; 惟其如是，他就不能不對歷史家的存在一隻眼開一隻眼閉了。
  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。

詳細解釋：


con.nive

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
con.nived,con.niv.ing,con.nives
To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude:
串通：秘密合作進行不法或錯誤行為；共謀：
例句：
The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
商人勾結海關人走私 *

To scheme; plot.
陰謀；密謀
To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent:
縱容：假裝忽視或並未採取措施阻止錯誤，並暗示出默許和同意：
例句：
The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner`s escape.
警衛人員有縱容犯人越獄的嫌疑

來源：
Latin cônovôre, connovôre [to close the eyes]
拉丁語 cônovôre, connovôre [閉上眼睛]

【引伸】
conniv.er
n.（名詞）
conniv.ery
n.（名詞）

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