conspire
verb /kənˈspaɪə(r)/
/kənˈspaɪər/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they conspire | /kənˈspaɪə(r)/ /kənˈspaɪər/ |
| he / she / it conspires | /kənˈspaɪəz/ /kənˈspaɪərz/ |
| past simple conspired | /kənˈspaɪəd/ /kənˈspaɪərd/ |
| past participle conspired | /kənˈspaɪəd/ /kənˈspaɪərd/ |
| -ing form conspiring | /kənˈspaɪərɪŋ/ /kənˈspaɪərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful
密谋；图谋；阴谋 - conspire (with somebody) (against somebody) They were accused of conspiring against the king.
他们被指控密谋反对国王。 - conspire (together) (to do something) They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs.
他们否认共谋走私毒品。 - conspire (with somebody) (to do something) She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband.
她承认与情夫密谋杀害亲夫。
- conspire (with somebody) (against somebody) They were accused of conspiring against the king.
- [intransitive] (of events
事件 似乎共同导致（不良后果） - conspire against somebody/something Circumstances had conspired against them.
各种情况都凑在一起和他们作对。 - conspire to do something Everything conspired to make her life a misery.
她事事不顺，生活悲惨。
- conspire against somebody/something Circumstances had conspired against them.
词源late Middle English: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’, from con- ‘together with’ + spirare ‘breathe’.