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connive to do sth
表示密谋做某事，通常指非法或不道德的事。
They connived to overthrow the government.
他们密谋推翻政府。
共谋；密谋
conniving — present participle of connive
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共谋；密谋
To secretly cooperate with others in order to commit a crime or wrongdoing; to collude or conspire.
They connived to overthrow the government.
他们密谋推翻政府。
与他人秘密合作以实施犯罪或不法行为；共谋,同谋。
To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
connive
Base
原形
connives
3rd person
第三人称单数
conniving
-ing
现在分词
connived
Past
过去式
connived
Past participle
过去分词
She connives with her colleagues to avoid work.
她和同事们共谋逃避工作。
The official connived at the illegal activity.
那名官员默许了非法活动。
They are conniving to overthrow the government.
他们正在密谋推翻政府。
规则动词
The manager connived at the employee's frequent absences.
经理默许了员工频繁的缺勤。
They connived with a competitor to fix prices.
他们与竞争对手共谋操纵价格。
The two friends connived to surprise their teacher.
这两个朋友密谋给他们的老师一个惊喜。
表示密谋做某事，通常指非法或不道德的事。
They connived to overthrow the government.
他们密谋推翻政府。
表示纵容或默许某错误行为。
The officials connived at the illegal operation.
官员们默许了非法行动。
表示与某人合谋。
He connived with his colleagues to cheat on the exam.
他与同事共谋考试作弊。
Not this
He connived the plan.
Use this
He connived at the plan.
“connive”是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，需加介词 at 表示“默许、纵容”。
Not this
She connived to cheat on the exam.
Use this
She connived at cheating on the exam.
“connive”后接不定式表示“共谋做某事”在现代英语中不常见且易与“conspire”混淆；正确用法是接 at + 动名词，意为“纵容或默许某事”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
与…共谋；与…勾结
The corrupt police officers connived with the drug dealers.
腐败的警察与毒贩勾结。
密谋做…
The committee members connived to hide the truth.
委员会成员密谋隐瞒真相。
合谋；串通
The two executives connived together to mislead shareholders.
两位高管合谋误导股东。
参与…的合谋；共谋
He connived in the scheme to evade taxes.
他参与了逃税计划的合谋。
密谋反对…
Several officers connived against the general.
几名军官密谋反对将军。
对（错误或不法行为）故意视而不见；默许
The company connived at the misuse of customer data for years.
多年来，该公司对滥用客户数据的行为睁一只眼闭一只眼。
与（某人）秘密勾结；共谋
He connived with a rival team to fix the match.
他与对手球队勾结操纵比赛。
Use conniving naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 connive 开头的 con 想成“共同”，想象同伙挤眉弄眼凑在一起密谋干坏事。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律语境、正式书面报道 connive 多用于正式或书面语境，通常指秘密合作进行非法或不正当行为，在日常口语中比较少见。
不及物动词，常与介词 at 或 with 连用。
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