大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 connive at


释义：

connive at 放纵; 纵容：对某人的错误行为或不当行为视而不见，不加以制止或惩罚

例句：



to beat or connive at others to beat a prisoner;

殴打或者纵容他人殴打罪犯；



She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.

她不得不默许丈夫对她的不忠。



The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.

囚犯们贿赂看守，使看守默许他们越狱。



God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historian.

神不能改变过去；惟其如是，他就不能不对历史家的存在一只眼开一只眼闭了。



In such a market, businesses have to be evil, or, at least, connive at such practices for their survival.

在这样一个市场，企业不得不成为恶魔，或者至少为了生存密谋一个此类的行为。