connive
/kəˈnaɪv/verb
no obj.(connive at/in)
1- secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur默许; 纵容：
government officials were prepared to connive in impeding the course of justice.
政府官员已准备默许阻碍司法进程。
1.1
- conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful共谋; 阴谋：
the government had connived with security forces in permitting murder
政府已和安全部队暗中勾结默许谋杀
as adj. conniving a heartless and conniving woman.无情而擅使阴谋诡计的女子。
派生词
conniver
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from French conniver or Latin connivere 'shut the eyes (to)', from con- 'together' + an unrecorded word related to nictare 'to wink'.