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conniver

/kuh-nahyv/US // kəˈnaɪv //UK // (kəˈnaɪv) //

征服者,涵养人,涵养,涵义

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·nived, con·niv·ing.

    • : to cooperate secretly; conspire: They connived to take over the business.
    • : to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak: The policeman connived at traffic violations.
    • : to be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize: to connive at childlike exaggerations.

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Examples

  • Now, you have to show Bill or lose your reputation as a 'conniver.'

  • No man dared contradict or oppose him, lest he should be denounced as a conniver of the plot, and arrested as a traitor.

  • He is a drinker of strong wines, a conniver at evil for bribes: for a good sum he would teach "a felon"

  • That man was the most talented conniver at stratagems I ever saw.