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.
雙語例句
1. To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
低價從貧窮國家采購是加重其貧窮的不義之舉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
她不得不默許丈夫?qū)λ牟恢?
來自辭典例句
3. The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
囚犯們賄賂看守,使看守默許他們越獄.
來自辭典例句
4. The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
那個學(xué)生企圖和她的朋友串謀考試作弊.
來自辭典例句
5. Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.