conspire
英 [kən'spaɪə]
美 [kən'spaɪɚ]
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1. 區分易混單詞:conspire, transpire.
中文詞源
conspire 密謀con-, 強調。-spir, 呼吸,詞源同spirit, respire.
英文詞源
- conspire
- conspire: see spirit
- conspire (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French conspirer (14c.), from Latin conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," literally "to breathe together," from com- "together" (see com-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Or perhaps the notion is "to blow together" musical instruments, i.e., "To sound in unison." Related: Conspired; conspiring.
雙語例句
- 1. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
- 然而,樂隊無力控製的各種決定性力量將會對他們造成不利的影響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
- 有些時候,你會懷疑是不是造化弄人,現在就是如此。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
- 然而在實際生活中, 有些事情有時候的確好象神差鬼使一樣地促成了一些除了十九世紀小說家外誰也不會相信的巧合.
來自《用法詞典》
- 4. People always conspire to keep the truth from me.
- 人們總是串通一氣不把真情告訴我.
來自辭典例句
- 5. You conspire with him against me, don't you ?
- 你和他串通一起反對我, 是 吧 ?
來自辭典例句