connive
vi. 密謀 ; 搞陰謀; 默許; 縱容
If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them.
He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights...
他指責部長們與外國公司串通一氣損害就業權。
Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released.
幾位資深政治家串通起來確保他不會獲釋。
If you say that someone connives at something or connives in something, you are critical of them because they allow or help it to happen even though they know that it is wrong and that they ought to prevent it.
He suspected elements within the South African government were conniving at the disturbances to try to weaken the ANC...
他懷疑南非政府內有一幫人縱容這些騷亂的發生,企圖削弱非國大。
To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
低價從貧窮國家採購是加重其貧窮的不義之舉。
1. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
We should not connive at terrorism.
我們不應該縱容恐怖活動.
Their purpose is to connive at wars of aggression and to profit by them.
這個政策的目的,在於縱容侵略戰爭,自己從中取利.
She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
她不得不默許丈夫對她的不忠.
Some government officials connive at graft.
有些政府官員對貪汙受賄視而不見.
The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
囚犯們賄賂看守,使看守默許他們越獄.