collude
verb /kəˈluːd/
/kəˈluːd/
[intransitive] (formal, disapproving)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they collude | /kəˈluːd/ /kəˈluːd/ |
| he / she / it colludes | /kəˈluːdz/ /kəˈluːdz/ |
| past simple colluded | /kəˈluːdɪd/ /kəˈluːdɪd/ |
| past participle colluded | /kəˈluːdɪd/ /kəˈluːdɪd/ |
| -ing form colluding | /kəˈluːdɪŋ/ /kəˈluːdɪŋ/ |
- to work together secretly or illegally in order to trick other people
密谋；勾结；串通 - collude (with somebody) (in something/in doing something) Several people had colluded in the murder.
这起谋杀案是几个人串通策划的。 - collude (with somebody) (to do something) They colluded with terrorists to overthrow the government.
他们与恐怖分子密谋推翻政府。 - The president accused his opponents of colluding with foreigners.
总统指责反对派与国外势力勾结。
词源early 16th cent.: from Latin colludere ‘have a secret agreement’, from col- ‘together’ + ludere ‘to play’. - collude (with somebody) (in something/in doing something) Several people had colluded in the murder.