| 词汇 | connivance |
| 释义 | connivance noun[ U ] formaluk /kəˈnaɪ.vəns/ us /kəˈnaɪ.vəns/ willingness to allow or secretly be involved in something bad or illegal: with the connivance ofTheir appalling treatment of their child could only have happened with the connivance of their neighbours.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。 He could only have escaped with his family's connivance. Related word connive She believes that the only way so many drugs can circulate in jails is with the connivance of prison officers. Farmers have managed to avoid the controls with the apparent connivance of the Ministry of Agriculture. She knew that this could not have happened without her uncle's connivance. For this to happen there must be connivance between both parties. Allowing and permitting admission admit admit of something allow of something allowable authorization authorize consent entrance given the chance/choiceidiom green-light hall pass hospital admission imprimatur liberty relicensure say-so security clearance see your way (clear) to doing somethingidiom sublicence Examples of connivanceconnivance Corruption, he says, cannot exist without the connivance, even if passive, of the political leadership. At the administrative level it is a story of government complicity, connivance and concealment. Acts of judicial connivance quashed societal opposition to the regime and prominence was given to the military judicial system within areas commonly beyond its jurisdiction. The tardiness or inefficiency of the municipal authorities in suppressing popular revolt was therefore seen by the crown as a deliberate act of connivance. That much duly acknowledged, however, it remains the case that it was the tacit connivance of the socio-political elite that provided the opportunity. However, in a number of cases this was with the connivance of traditional authorities and even parents. 34. Yet we do not need to know the names of every individual concerned to prove that official connivance was widespread. 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 the connivance of government officials. Sackville's narrative elicits a reader's connivance in his attitude of undiplomatic impatience and self mockery. Registers, containing information on the number of young men liable for conscription, occasionally even fell victim to arson attacks, often, one suspects, with the connivance of local officials. It is also an inescapable fact that sanctions, with the active connivance of certain countries which pay lip service to them, are easily evaded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was a serious and shocking case, and there was evidence of long-established local malpractices and management connivance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Talk of connivance and conspiracy stretches our credulity to breaking point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There might even be connivance and collusion in the entertainment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To what extent has there been some connivance, even some collusion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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