資料來源 : pyDict
假裝不見,默許,共謀,縱容
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Connived} (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a
word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]
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.
Connive \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.'' --Milton.
資料來源 : WordNet®
connive
v 1: encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: {scheme},
{intrigue}]