connive

/kəˈnaɪv/ (bre, ipa) · [kənˈaɪv] /kəˈnaɪv/ (ame, ipa) · [kənˈaɪv] /kə-ˈnīv/ (ame, mw)

connive — 動詞

  • connivepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • conniveshe / she / it
  • connivedpast simple
  • conniving-ing form

1. If people connive, they secretly join forces or make private plans to bring abou

1.動詞不及物C2
釋義

串通；密謀

私下合作做壞事

If people connive, they secretly join forces or make private plans to bring about something dishonest, unfair, or illegal.

例句

Three board members connived to hide the factory's safety reports.

三名董事串通隱瞞工廠的安全報告。

connive + to-infinitive for secret wrongdoing

Hassan and the cashier connived to skim money from late-night sales.

Hassan 和那名收銀員密謀從深夜營業額中偷拿錢。

同義詞
  • collude

    usually stresses secret cooperation between groups or officials

  • conspire

    often sounds stronger and more openly criminal

  • plot

    more general and often used for a detailed plan

反義詞
  • expose

    focuses on bringing the secret plan into the open

  • oppose

    shows active resistance instead of joining the scheme

文法句型

connive with somebody to do something

connive in a plan

用法筆記

Often followed by with + person, in + noun, or to + verb. Unlike sense 2, this sense means taking part in the secret scheme rather than merely letting it continue.

2. If someone connives at wrongdoing, they know it is happening and choose not to s

2.動詞不及物C2
釋義

默許；縱容

明知不對卻放任不管

If someone connives at wrongdoing, they know it is happening and choose not to stop it, often because it helps them or keeps them out of trouble.

例句

The principal connived at the cheating because the school wanted high scores.

那位校長因學校想要高分而默許作弊。

connive at + wrongdoing you choose not to stop

Some guards connived at the smuggling for a share of the profits.

一些警衛為了分一杯利潤而縱容走私。

同義詞
  • condone

    can be less secretive and more about saying something is acceptable

  • tolerate

    is broader and does not always suggest guilt

  • overlook

    can sound milder and may suggest carelessness rather than guilty silence

反義詞
  • stop

    means taking action to end the wrongdoing

  • report

    means telling the authorities instead of hiding the problem

文法句型

connive at something

用法筆記

Usually followed by at + noun when a person in authority ignores or quietly accepts another person's bad act. Unlike sense 1, the subject does not join the plan itself.