单词 | connive |
释义 | 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 something —connivance noun [uncountable] We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconnive• Would 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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