connive 音标拼音: [kən'ɑɪv]
vi . 假装不见,默许,共谋,纵容
假装不见,默许,共谋,纵容
connive v 1 :
encourage or assent to illegally or criminally 2 :
form intrigues (
for )
in an underhand manner [
synonym : {
scheme },
{
intrigue }, {
connive }]
Connive \
Con *
nive "\,
v .
t .
To shut the eyes to ;
to overlook ;
to pretend not to see . [
R .
&
Obs .] "
Divorces were not connived only ,
but with eye open allowed ." --
Milton .
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Connive \
Con *
nive "\ (
k [
o ^]
n *
n [
imac ]
v "),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Connived } (-
n [
imac ]
vd ");
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Conniving }.] [
L .
connivere to shut the eyes ,
connive ,
fr .
con - (
perh .)
a word akin to nicere to beckon ,
nictare to wink .]
1 .
To open and close the eyes rapidly ;
to wink . [
Obs .]
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The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously ,
and to connive with either eye . --
Spectator .
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2 .
To close the eyes upon a fault ;
to wink (
at );
to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act ;
to permit a proceeding ,
as if not aware of it ; --
usually followed by at .
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To connive at what it does not approve . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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In many of these ,
the directors were heartily concurring ;
in most of them ,
they were encouraging ,
and sometimes commanding ;
in all they were conniving . --
Burke .
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The government thought it expedient ,
occasionally ,
to connive at the violation of this rule .
--
Macaulay .
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58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
connive ":
accord ,
agree ,
angle ,
associate ,
be in cahoots ,
blink at ,
brew ,
cabal ,
coact ,
coadunate ,
cogitate ,
coincide ,
collaborate ,
collogue ,
collude ,
combine ,
complot ,
concoct ,
concur ,
condone ,
conjoin ,
conspire ,
contrive ,
cook up ,
cooperate ,
correspond ,
countermine ,
counterplot ,
devise ,
disregard ,
engineer ,
finagle ,
finesse ,
frame ,
frame up ,
happen together ,
harmonize ,
hatch ,
hatch a plot ,
hatch up ,
ignore ,
intrigue ,
join ,
lay a plot ,
machinate ,
maneuver ,
operate ,
overlook ,
plot ,
regard with indulgence ,
rig ,
scheme ,
synchronize ,
synergize ,
tolerate ,
unite ,
wangle ,
wink at
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