conniving

英 [kəˈnaɪvɪŋ]

美 [kəˈnaɪvɪŋ]

adj.  暗算他人的; 故意纵容的
v.  纵容; 默许; 放任; 共谋; 狼狈为奸; 同流合污
connive的现在分词

COCA.33065

牛津词典

adj.

• 暗算他人的；故意纵容的
  behaving in a way that secretly hurts others or deliberately fails to prevent others from being hurt

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 惯使阴谋的;狡诈的
  If you describe someone asconniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
  1. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
     人们认为伊迪丝是一个诡计多端的贪婪女人。

英英释义

adj

• used of persons
  1. the most calculating and selfish men in the community
  Synonym:calculatingcalculativeschemingshrewd
• acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
  Synonym:collusive

双语例句

• The general is accused of conniving in a plot to topple the government.
  将军被指控纵容一个颠覆政府的阴谋。
• Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
  人们认为伊迪丝是一个诡计多端的贪婪女人。
• If you believe what you see on TV, women are inscrutable, conniving, hysterical and apt to change their minds without reason or warning.
  正如你从电视上所看到的，传统观念中，女人像谜一样，似乎在密谋着什么，情绪也异常波动，常常会毫无理由或征兆地改变她们的想法。
• Pigs are far too naive to put up with the conniving snakes and should do whatever is necessary to avoid them.
  太过天真的肖猪者受不了奸诈的肖蛇者，所以尽可能离他们越远越好。
• While the essence of multiculturalism is conniving and solidifying the difference of diverse cultures, which may triggers the risk of radicalization of Muslims of the UK.
  不过，多元文化主义的实质是对不同文化间差异的默许和固化，这导致英国本土面临着穆斯林激进化的风险。
• Have, different from continent law place of department to legislation made to plan, show: Prepare behavioral punishment to the crime of conniving;
  因此对预备犯的立法有不同于大陆法系的方面，表现在：对共谋罪预备行为的处罚；
• And the United States has been protecting and conniving the country to make it stronger and stronger in militarize just like the case between England and Germany before the World War II.
  可是美国却一直在军事上帮助他们使其越来越强大，这情景很像二战前英国和德国的关系。
• Predilection towards children is conniving them, which is adverse for their growth.
  回护孩子等于纵容孩子，这样做不利于孩子的成长。
• The customs officer was imprisoned for conniving at the importation of cocain, concealed in cargo.
  该海关官员因纵容藏在货物中的可卡因入境而被监禁。
• The theory sounds quite conniving.
  这种说法听起来很有说服力。（分词）