connivance 英 [kəˈnaɪvəns]   美 [kəˈnaɪvəns]

connivance

connivance  英 [kəˈnaɪvəns] 美 [kəˈnaɪvəns]

n. 纵容;默许;假装不见 

名词复数:connivances 

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。
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。

  • 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
  • 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。

  • 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.).
con·niv·ance / kəˈnaɪvəns ; NAmE kəˈnaɪvəns / noun [uncountable ] ( disapproving) help in doing sth wrong; the failure to stop sth wrong from happening 共谋;纵容;默许 The crime was committed with the connivance of a police officer. 这项罪行是在警察的纵容下发生的。 con·niv·ance / kəˈnaɪvəns ; NAmE kəˈnaɪvəns /
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