conspire
英 [k?n'spa??]
美[k?n'spa??]
- vi. 共謀；協(xié)力
- vt. [法] 密謀策劃
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?conspires;過去式:?conspired;過去分詞:?conspired;現(xiàn)在分詞:?conspiring;
助記提示
1. 區(qū)分易混單詞：conspire, transpire.
中文詞源
conspire 密謀
con-, 強調(diào)。-spir, 呼吸，詞源同spirit, respire.
英文詞源
- conspire
- conspire: see spirit
- conspire (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French conspirer (14c.), from Latin conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," literally "to breathe together," from com- "together" (see com-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Or perhaps the notion is "to blow together" musical instruments, i.e., "To sound in unison." Related: Conspired; conspiring.
雙語例句
- 1. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
- 然而，樂隊無力控制的各種決定性力量將會對他們造成不利的影響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
- 有些時候，你會懷疑是不是造化弄人，現(xiàn)在就是如此。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
- 然而在實際生活中, 有些事情有時候的確好象神差鬼使一樣地促成了一些除了十九世紀(jì)小說家外誰也不會相信的巧合.
來自《用法詞典》
- 4. People always conspire to keep the truth from me.
- 人們總是串通一氣不把真情告訴我.
來自辭典例句
- 5. You conspire with him against me, don't you ?
- 你和他串通一起反對我, 是 吧 ?
來自辭典例句