conspire

动词 conspire:

1. engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
   同义词：cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
2. act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
   同义词：collude

1. The bad weather conspire with some other unpleasant cause to ruin our picnic.
   坏天气加上其他一些不愉快原因使我们的野餐令人大为扫兴。
2. Events seemed to be conspiring to bring about his ruin.
   许多事好象协同促成了他的失败。
3. A group of men were charged conspiring against the duly elected government.
   一伙人被指控阴谋推翻选举产生的合法政府。

con.spire

v.（动词）
con.spired,con.spir.ing,con.spires
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
搞阴谋：一起秘密筹划以进行非法或错误的行动或通过非法行动实现合法目标
To join or act together; combine:
协力促成：参加或合作；协力：
例句：
factors that conspired to delay the project.
凑在一起造成工程延误的因素

v.tr.（及物动词）
To plan or plot secretly.
阴谋策划：秘密计划或谋划

来源：
Middle English conspiren
中古英语 conspiren
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin cônspor3re
源自 拉丁语 cônspor3re
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.同.]
spor3re [to breathe]
spor3re [呼吸]

【引伸】
conspir.er
n.（名词）
conspir.ingly
adv.（副词）