| 释义 |
▪ I. conniving, vbl. n.|kəˈnaɪvɪŋ|
[f. connive + -ing1.]
The action of the verb connive.
1648Gillespie Usefull Case (1649) 24 That cannot excuse the conniving at gross and scandalous sinners. 1669H. Stubbe Censure (1671) 19 There is no conniving or complying with such a person.
▪ II. coˈnniving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That connives; in Nat. Hist. = connivent 3 b.
1783Burke Sp. E. India Bill Wks. IV. 112 In many of them, the directors were heartily concurring..in all, they were conniving. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 291 Dead-nettle..Anthers conniving in pairs; cells diverging. |