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.
实用例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
她不得不默许丈夫对她的不忠.
来自辞典例句
3. 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.
来自辞典例句
4. 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.
来自辞典例句
5. Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.
