单词	conspire
释义	conspirecon‧spire /kənˈspaɪə $ -ˈspaɪr/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINconspire Origin: 1300-1400 Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare ‘to breathe together, agree, conspire’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + spirare ‘to breathe’ Verb Table VERB TABLE conspire Simple Form Present I, you, we, they conspire he, she, it conspires Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they conspired Present perfect I, you, we, they have conspired he, she, it has conspired Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had conspired Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will conspire Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have conspired Continuous Form Present I am conspiring he, she, it is conspiring you, we, they are conspiring Past I, he, she, it was conspiring you, we, they were conspiring Present perfect I, you, we, they have been conspiring he, she, it has been conspiring Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been conspiring Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be conspiring Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been conspiring Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Kevin Maxwell faced two charges of conspiring to defraud pensioners. Ten men were convicted of conspiring to bomb the UN and the FBI buildings in New York. The President called a meeting and accused his aides of conspiring against him. There was no doubt that they were conspiring with other African guerrilla movements. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All this has conspired to turn a rich business into a relatively poor one. Berating Park, Carter threatened to continue the withdrawal despite all opposition and accused his aides of conspiring against him. Circumstances were really conspiring against her! Design and costs conspire to make many working-class' households huddle as they always have - all together in one room. Every now and then nature conspires to rivet homeowners' attention on a particular maintenance problem. He had not only denied the fact of his own body, he had actually conspired against it. She would not have guessed him a conspiring type. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto plan something bad► plot to make secret plans to do something wrong or illegal: · The court heard how Mrs Taylor and her lover had plotted the murder of her husband.plot to do something: · Three men were charged with plotting to plant the biggest bomb ever in Central London.plot against: · Plotting against the government was punishable by death. ► scheme to secretly make clever and dishonest plans to get or achieve something: scheme to do something: · Behind the scenes, a small group was scheming to remove the Chairman from office.· Against all the rules of the competition, Nick was scheming to win.scheme against: · As the King got older, he became convinced that his family were scheming against him. ► conspire if two or more people conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they plan secretly to do it: conspire to do something: · Ten men were convicted of conspiring to bomb the UN and the FBI buildings in New York.· Kevin Maxwell faced two charges of conspiring to defraud pensioners.conspire against: · The President called a meeting and accused his aides of conspiring against him.conspire with: · There was no doubt that they were conspiring with other African guerrilla movements. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► charge · However, Hatton still faces two charges of conspiring to defraud the local authority.· Mr Hatton and Mr Monk had denied the two charges of conspiring to defraud the council. VERB► accuse · They are also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.· Berating Park, Carter threatened to continue the withdrawal despite all opposition and accused his aides of conspiring against him.· They are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.· Aron has accused Brock of conspiring with his campaign staff to torpedo her candidacy by labeling her a criminal. ► convict · Other beneficiaries include an international financier and fugitive, Marc Rich; a leftist radical convicted of conspiring to bomb the U.S. 1to secretly plan with someone else to do something illegal → conspiracyconspire (with somebody) to do something All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.conspire against There was some evidence that he had been conspiring against the government.2if events conspire to do something, they happen at the same time and make something bad happenconspire to do something Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city.conspire against Emily felt that everything was conspiring against her.
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