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conspiracy

/kuhn-spir-uh-see/US // kənˈspɪr ə si //UK // (kənˈspɪrəsɪ) //

阴谋,密谋,共谋,阴谋诡计

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·spir·a·cies.

    • : the act of conspiring.
    • : an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
    • : a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
    • : Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
    • : any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.

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Examples

  • The story is told from multiple perspectives, and gradually zeros in on a conspiracy that explains all the events.

  • Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to spread disinformation about Smartmatic.

  • Eleven House Republicans joined Democrats to take the conspiracy theory-promoting lawmaker off her committee assignments.

  • There was a conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes, one that both curtailed the protests and coordinated the resistance from CEOs.

  • The Internet-born conspiracy theory is now a real-world movement, labeled a domestic terrorism threat by the FBI.

  • But at the heart of this “Truther” conspiracy theory is the idea that “someone” wants to destroy Bill Cosby.

  • Cosby conspiracy theorists share a perspective born of a long, pained history of American racism.

  • But those strands of his identity are all wound around the conspiracy that led him back to Gambia for the first time in 23 years.

  • That plane still has not been found, sparking much speculation and many conspiracy theories.

  • But his motives for shooting John Paul II have remained a mystery shrouded in multiple conspiracy theories.

  • All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.

  • He sympathized with that movement which, during his childhood, culminated in the Cavite Conspiracy (vide p. 106).

  • But when you are there, the awful secret of conspiracy will not be revealed in caverns, dungeons, and darkness.

  • Scarcely a year passed in which his name was not connected with some conspiracy to overthrow the First Consul.

  • The law still branded as conspiracy any united attempt of workingmen to raise wages or to shorten the hours of work.