c. 1600, from Latin connivere, also conivere "to wink," hence, "to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy," from com- "together" (see com-) + base akin to nictare "to wink," from PIE root *kneigwh- (see nictitate). Related: Connived; conniving.
例文
1. To buy things cheaply from a poor country is to connive in its poverty.
低価格で貧しい国から購入することは、貧しい国を加重させる不義の行為である。
2.She was obliged to connive at her husband 's infidelity.
彼女は夫の不忠を黙認せざるを得なかった。
3.The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
囚人たちは看守に賄賂を渡し、看守に脱獄を黙認させた。
4.The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
その学生は友人と共謀して試験を不正行為しようとした。
5.Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.