connive

🇺🇸 /kəˈnaɪv/ 🇬🇧 /kəˈnaɪv/
頻度
難易度
タグ RARE
intransitive verb
R

to not stop something bad from happening, even though you know about it

She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an injustice.

もし彼女が何も言わなければ、彼女は不正義を容認していることになる。

R

to secretly help someone do something wrong or illegal

The government was accused of having connived with the security forces to permit murder.

政府は、殺人を許可するために保安部隊と共謀したとして告発されました。

translation

vi. 黙認, 共謀

語形変化

3rd Present connives
Past connived
Perfect connived
Progressive conniving