connive

动词 connive:

1. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
   同义词：scheme, intrigue

1. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
   神不能改变过去; 惟其如是，他就不能不对历史家的存在一只眼开一只眼闭了。
2. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historian.
   神不能改变过去; 惟其如是，他就不能不对历史家的存在一只眼开一只眼闭了。
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。

con.nive

v.intr.（不及物动词）
con.nived,con.niv.ing,con.nives
To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude:
串通：秘密合作进行不法或错误行为；共谋：
例句：
The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
商人勾结海关人走私毒品

To scheme; plot.
阴谋；密谋
To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent:
纵容：假装忽视或并未采取措施阻止错误，并暗示出默许和同意：
例句：
The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner`s escape.
警卫人员有纵容犯人越狱的嫌疑

来源：
Latin cônovôre, connovôre [to close the eyes]
拉丁语 cônovôre, connovôre [闭上眼睛]

【引伸】
conniv.er
n.（名词）
conniv.ery
n.（名词）