英语词汇“connive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

conniveconnive /kəˈnaɪv/ verb

ETYMOLOGYconnive

Origin: 1600-1700 French conniver, from Latin connivere to close the eyes, connive

VERB TABLE

connive

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	connive
	he, she, it	connives
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	connived
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have connived
	he, she, it	has connived
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had connived
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will connive
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have connived

Continuous Form
Present	I	am conniving
	he, she, it	is conniving
	you, we, they	are conniving
Past	I, he, she, it	was conniving
	you, we, they	were conniving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been conniving
	he, she, it	has been conniving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been conniving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be conniving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been conniving

1connive (with somebody) to do something to work together secretly to achieve something, especially something wrong SYN conspire: The two connived to drive Diana and Mark apart.2[intransitive] to allow something wrong to happen without trying to stop it, even though you know it is wrong: connive at Corrupt officials had connived at the importation of heroin. [Origin: 1600–1700 French conniver, from Latin connivere to close the eyes, connive]—connivance noun [countable]