connivance
connivance 英 [kəˈnaɪvəns] 美 [kəˈnaɪvəns]
n. 纵容;默许;假装不见
名词复数:connivances
- If your principal overlooks cheating on standardized tests because it makes his school look better, he is guilty of connivance, or allowing an unethical act to take place.
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- n. 纵容;默许;假装不见
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1. But Western involvement or connivance in these was also rarely absent.
但西方的卷入或者说默许在这些事件中也鲜有缺席。
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2. Few believe the riots could have taken place without the local administration's connivance. But it is clear that other grievances are at play.
很少有人相信,暴乱的发生没有得到政府的纵容,但是很明显其他的不满情绪也发挥了作用。
- connivance (n.) the main modern form of connivence (q.v.).
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