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

conspireconspire /kənˈspaɪɚ/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYconspire

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare to breathe together, agree, conspire

VERB TABLE

conspire

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	conspire
	he, she, it	conspires
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	conspired
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have conspired
	he, she, it	has conspired
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had conspired
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will conspire
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have conspired

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

1to secretly plan with other people to do something harmful or illegal: conspire (with somebody) to do something The company was accused of conspiring with local stores to fix prices.conspire against somebody He believed that his colleagues were conspiring against him.2formal if events conspire to make something happen, they happen at the same time and make something bad happen: conspire to do something Events conspired to ensure his defeat in the election. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare to breathe together, agree, conspire]