| 单词 | conspire |
| 释义 | conspire (kənspaɪəʳ ) Word forms: conspires , conspiring , conspired 1. verb If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it. They'd conspired to overthrow the government. [VERB to-infinitive] Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband. [pl-n V to-inf] ...a defendant convicted of conspiring with his brother to commit robberies. [VERB + with] I had a persecution complex and thought people were conspiring against me. [VERB + against] Synonyms: plot, scheme, intrigue, devise 2. verb If events conspire to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result. History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision. [VERB to-infinitive] But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them. [VERB + against] Synonyms: work together, combine, contribute, cooperate Collocations: events conspire Because we are all complex mixes, rarely do events conspire to press all our buttons. Times, Sunday Times But events conspire against them and the perpetrator walks free. The Sun But if world events conspire in the next few weeks to rock the art market, the auction house could find itself exposed. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes, however, events conspire to bring people back together. Times, Sunday Times Events conspire to destroy their love. Times, Sunday Times But three factors conspire to defeat the learn-from-experience model. Times, Sunday Times Economic and social factors conspire, in different ways for different economic classes. Times, Sunday Times Three factors conspire to make engaging targets in space very difficult. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But a number of factors conspire to derail the narrative, beginning with the cast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 合谋 Japanese: 共謀する |
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