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con·nive
/kəˈnaɪv/
(
vi
.)假裝不見,默許,共謀,縱容
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.”
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·nive
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Connived
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Conniving
.]
1.
To
open
and
close
the
eyes
rapidly
;
to
wink
. [
Obs
.]
The
artist
is
to
teach
them
how
to
nod
judiciously
,
and
to
connive
with
either
eye
.
--
Spectator
.
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
.
To
connive
at
what
it
does
not
approve
.
--
Jer
.
Taylor
.
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
.
The
government
thought
it
expedient
,
occasionally
,
to
connive
at
the
violation
of
this
rule
.
--
Macaulay
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
connive
v
1:
encourage
or
assent
to
illegally
or
criminally
2:
form
intrigues
(
for
)
in
an
underhand
manner
[
syn
:
scheme
,
intrigue
]
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