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

• 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。
• Finally the paper discovers that the feed industry guess elasticity is very low, which showed this industry is approaching to complete competition, that the enterprise do not connive, and that the whole industry does not have the market force.
  最后发现饲料业的猜测弹性很小，说明本行业接近完全竞争，企业之间不存在合谋，产业整体不存在市场力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
  她不得不默许丈夫对她的不忠。
• 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。
• 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。
• In order to protect America's interests in Philippines, Roosevelt did not hesitate to connive Japanese aggression toward Korea, led Japan northwards to check Russia, which seriously threatened northeast China.
  为了保障美国在菲律宾的利益，罗斯福不惜纵容日本侵略朝鲜，引导日本北进牵制俄国，从而严重威胁了中国东北的安全。
• The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
  囚犯们贿赂看守，使看守默许他们越狱。