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单词 connive
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connive

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconnivecon‧nive /kəˈnaɪv/ verb [intransitive]  1 LET/ALLOWto not try to stop something wrong from happeningconnive at He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady business deal.2 connive (with somebody) to do somethingconnivance noun [uncountable] We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards.→ See Verb tableExamples from the CorpusconniveWould 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
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