conspire
verb (formal)- [intransitive]
to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful 密谋;图谋;阴谋 - conspire (with somebody) (against somebody)
They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控密谋反对国王。 - conspire (together) (to do something)
They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs. 他们否认共谋走私毒品。 - conspire (with somebody) (to do something)
She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband. 她承认与情夫密谋杀害亲夫。
- conspire (with somebody) (against somebody)
- [intransitive]
(of events )事件 to seem to work together to make something bad happen 似乎共同导致(不良后果)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare ‘agree, plot’, from con- ‘together with’ + spirare ‘breathe’.