conspire

英 [kənˈspaɪə(r)]

美 [kənˈspaɪər]

v.  密谋; 图谋; 阴谋; 似乎共同导致(不良后果)

现在分词：conspiring　过去分词：conspired　过去式：conspired　第三人称单数：conspires　复数：conspires　

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9624 / COCA.9702

牛津词典

verb

• 密谋；图谋；阴谋
  to secretly plan with other people to do sth illegal or harmful
  1. They were accused of conspiring against the king.
     他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  2. They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs.
     他们否认共谋走私毒品。
  3. She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband.
     她承认与情夫密谋杀害亲夫。
• 似乎共同导致（不良后果）
  to seem to work together to make sth bad happen
  1. Circumstances had conspired against them.
     各种情况都凑在一起和他们作对。
  2. Everything conspired to make her life a misery.
     她命运多舛，生活悲惨。

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 密谋;共谋;搞阴谋
  If two or more people or groupsconspire todo something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
  1. They'd conspired to overthrow the government...
     他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
  2. Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband.
     法默先生和琼斯太太都承认密谋杀死了琼斯先生。
  3. ...a defendant convicted of conspiring with his brother to commit robberies...
     被判与其兄弟合谋抢劫的被告
  4. I had a persecution complex and thought people were conspiring against me.
     我有过被害情结，认为大家都在密谋暗算我。
• VERB (事件)凑在一起致使，共同导致
  If eventsconspire toproduce a particular result, they seem to work together to cause this result.
  1. History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision...
     历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。
  2. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
     然而，乐队无力控制的各种决定性力量将会对他们造成不利的影响。

英英释义

verb

• engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
  1. They conspired to overthrow the government
  Synonym:cabalcomplotconjuremachinate
• act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
  1. The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
  Synonym:collude

双语例句

• People always conspire to keep the truth from me.
  人们总是串通一气不把真情告诉我。
• Legend, myth, and faith often conspire to confuse rather than clarify.
  传说、神话和信仰时常会造成迷惑而非明辨。
• All these features conspire to make Agavi one of the most secure frameworks around for Web application development.
  所有这些特性使得Agavi成为开发Web应用程序的最安全框架。
• Simply put, we imagine that other people and circumstances conspire to make us negative;
  简而言之，我们想象其它人和环境合起来使我们感觉负面；
• Tight credit markets, dented consumer confidence and high gas prices all conspire to reduce demand.
  信贷市场紧缩、消费者信心下滑以及油价高企等因素交织在一起，降低了需求。
• Poor construction and development practices conspire to make earthquakes more deadly than they need be.
  低劣的建筑质量和开发行为加大了地震的杀伤力。
• Governance and time will always conspire to ensure every Olympics is a difficult project.
  管理和时间将共同确保每届奥运会都是一个不同的项目。
• Events conspire to bring all three women together and what a show it becomes.
  一连串的事件使这三个女人走到了一起而最终又显示出彼此的和谐融洽。
• Ship charters, captains and seaman sometimes conspire to swindle the ship-owner by making up a lost ship.
  承租人、船长和船员有时相互勾结，通过制造船只失踪的假象，合伙诈骗船主。
• It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
  有些时候，你会怀疑是不是造化弄人，现在就是如此。