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单词 connivance
释义
connivance
noun[U]
uk
/kəˈnaɪ.vəns/us
/kəˈnaɪ.vəns/
theactofconniving,especiallybyknowingthat somethingbadishappeningandallowingit tocontinue:
默许；纵容；放任
Theirappallingtreatmentoftheirchildcould only havehappenedwiththe connivanceoftheirneighbours.他们对孩子可怕的虐待如果没有邻居的纵容是不会发生的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Allowing and permitting
  • admission
  • admit ofsomething
  • allow ofsomething
  • allowable
  • approval
  • authorization
  • authorize
  • clearance
  • entrance
  • green-light
  • hall pass
  • imprimatur
  • left
  • lemme
  • liberty
  • relicensure
  • say-so
  • security clearance
  • seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
  • sufferance
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(Definition ofconnivancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconnivance

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At the administrative level it is a story of government complicity,connivanceand concealment.
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Acts of judicialconnivancequashed societal opposition to the regime and prominence was given to the military judicial system within areas commonly beyond its jurisdiction.
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The tardiness or inefficiency of the municipal authorities in suppressing popular revolt was therefore seen by the crown as a deliberate act ofconnivance.
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That much duly acknowledged, however, it remains the case that it was the tacitconnivanceof the socio-political elite that provided the opportunity.
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However, in a number of cases this was with theconnivanceof traditional authorities and even parents. 34.
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Yet we do not need to know the names of every individual concerned to prove that officialconnivancewas widespread.
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However, state-controlled marketing institutions faced fierce competition (especially in the case of beans) from parallel market traders, who operated mostly at night and with theconnivanceof government officials.
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Sackville's narrative elicits a reader'sconnivancein his attitude of undiplomatic impatience and self mockery.
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Registers, containing information on the number of young men liable for conscription, occasionally even fell victim to arson attacks, often, one suspects, with theconnivanceof local officials.
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It is also an inescapable fact that sanctions, with the activeconnivanceof certain countries which pay lip service to them, are easily evaded.
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This was a serious and shocking case, and there was evidence of long-established local malpractices and managementconnivance.
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Talk ofconnivanceand conspiracy stretches our credulity to breaking point.
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There might even beconnivanceand collusion in the entertainment.
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To what extent has there been someconnivance, even some collusion?
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Put briefly, that is to say, there must be no neglect, no misconduct, no collusion —above all, noconnivance.
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