connive

vi. 默许, 共谋, 纵容 [法] 默许, 纵容, 共谋

发音

US /kəˈnaɪv/
UK /kəˈnaɪv/

词形变化

connived connives 三单 connives connivest conniveth conniving conniving 现在分词 connived 过去式 connived 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.

    纵令

    纵容

    不及物
  2. 2.

    Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.

    不及物 罕用 生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

    不及物 废旧
  4. 4.

    To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

scheme intrigue

上位词 4

plot assent acquiesce accede

词源

From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin con(n)īvēre (“close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *nīvēre (related to nictō (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ- (“to bend, droop”)).

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