词组 | connive in |
释义 | Phr V connive in connives, conniving, connived connive at/in sth formal to allow something bad to happen or continue even though you know it should be stoppedThe government connive at the problem because they know it would be too costly to solve it.She had little patience with women who connived in the oppression of their sisters. connive at/in sth formal to allow something illegal or wrong to continue by deliberately not trying to stop it: The government knew about weapons deals with Iraq, and connived in arms exports instead of controlling them. The report claims that drugs are freely available in our prisons, and that prison warders connive at drug abuse. |
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