connive (with sb) to do sth to work secretly with someone to achieve something, especially something wrong(与某人)秘密合谋(串通)做某事;SYNconspire•They connived with their mother to deceive me.他们与他们的母亲串通来骗我。—connivance noun U:•We could not have escaped without the connivance of the guards.如果不是警卫默许,我们是逃不出来的。 |