connive

英 [kəˈnaɪv]

美 [kəˈnaɪv]

v.  纵容; 默许; 放任; 共谋; 狼狈为奸; 同流合污

现在分词：conniving　过去分词：connived　过去式：connived　第三人称单数：connives　

TOEFLGRE法律

BNC.20771 / COCA.25506

牛津词典

verb

• 纵容；默许；放任
  to seem to allow sth wrong to happen
  1. She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an injustice.
     她知道她如果什么也不说就是在纵容不公正的行为。
• 共谋；狼狈为奸；同流合污
  to work together with sb to do sth wrong or illegal
  1. The government was accused of having connived with the security forces to permit murder.
     政府被指控与安全部队狼狈为奸允许谋杀。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 串通;密谋
  If one personconnives withanothertodo something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
  1. He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights...
     他指责部长们与外国公司串通一气损害就业权。
  2. Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released.
     几位资深政治家串通起来确保他不会获释。
  3. ...local authorities suspected of conniving with the Mafia.
     疑与黑手党串通一气的地方当局
• VERB 纵容;默许;共谋
  If you say that someoneconnives atsomething orconnives insomething, you are critical of them because they allow or help it to happen even though they know that it is wrong and that they ought to prevent it.
  1. He suspected elements within the South African government were conniving at the disturbances to try to weaken the ANC...
     他怀疑南非政府内有一帮人纵容这些骚乱的发生，企图削弱非国大。
  2. To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
     低价从贫穷国家采购是加重其贫穷的不义之举。

英英释义

verb

• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  Synonym:schemeintrigue
• encourage or assent to illegally or criminally

双语例句

• Such a practice not only connive the illegal confession extorted by torture and other offences, but also cause missing opportunity to find the fact in light of on-court confession, thus unable to avoid the occurrence of unjust.
  这样的做法一方面纵容了侦查中的非法取证、刑讯逼供等违法行为，另一方面又错失了根据翻供中的线索查明案件真相的机会，从而无法避免冤假错案的发生，损害了司法公正。
• He was ready to connive with the Tammany bosses.
  他准备好要与坦马尼公司的老板们联手合谋。
• More important, it is bad enough that a particular group of road users should regard themselves as above the law; it is much worse that the government and police should connive in it.
  更重要的是，如果某个特定的马路使用群体认为自己可以凌驾于法律之上，那可是件非常糟糕的事儿。而更糟糕的是，政府和警察默许这种行为。
• The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
  那个学生企图和她的朋友串谋考试作弊。
• To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
  低价从贫穷国家采购是加重其贫穷的不义之举。
• The government connive at the problem because it would cost them too much to solve it.
  政府对该问题听之任之，因为要解决它付出的代价太大。
• Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.
  对于破坏环境的行为不加反对就等于纵容。
• He suspected elements within the South African government were conniving at the disturbances to try to weaken the ANC
  他怀疑南非政府内有一帮人纵容这些骚乱的发生，企图削弱非国大。
• Their purpose is to connive at wars of aggression and to profit by them.
  这个政策的目的，在于纵容侵略战争，自己从中取利。
• She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
  她不得不默许丈夫对她的不忠。