c. 1600, from Latin connivere, also conivere "to wink," hence, "to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy," from com- "together" (see com-) + base akin to nictare "to wink," from PIE root *kneigwh- (see nictitate). Related: Connived; conniving.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
低價(jià)從貧窮國(guó)家采購(gòu)是加重其貧窮的不義之舉。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
她不得不默許丈夫?qū)λ牟恢?
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
囚犯?jìng)冑V賂看守,使看守默許他們?cè)姜z.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
那個(gè)學(xué)生企圖和她的朋友串謀考試作弊.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.