conspire
柯林斯詞典
1. V-RECIP If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it. 合謀
They'd conspired to overthrow the government. 他們曾合謀推翻政府。
...a defendant accused of conspiring with his brother to commit robberies. …被指控與其兄弟合謀搶劫的一名被告。
2. V-T/V-I If events conspire to produce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result. 協(xié)同
History and geography have conspired to bring the country to a moment of decision. 歷史和地理情況共同將該國帶到了做決定的時刻。
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conspire /k?n?spa??/ (conspiring,conspired,conspires)
劍橋詞典
- to plan secretly with other people to do something bad , illegal , or against someone's wishes
密謀；共謀；圖謀
[ 動詞后面接一個帶to的不定式 ] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job . 他覺得同事們在密謀把他從工作崗位上擠走。
As girls , the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother . 還是小女孩的時候，姐妹倆常常在一起密謀對付她們的哥哥。