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Conspiracy People Group Silence 英[Kənˈspɪrəsi 美[Kənˈspɪrəsi N.阴谋;反叛;共谋 N Var

单词 conspiracy
音标
英[kənˈspɪrəsi] 美[kənˈspɪrəsi]
解释
n.阴谋;反叛;共谋;
例句

N-VAR
密谋;阴谋
Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
例:Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson...7个人都来自布里斯托尔,他们承认了合谋纵火。
例:He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.他认为1963年肯尼迪总统遇刺身亡可能是一个阴谋。

N-COUNT
阴谋
A conspiracy is an agreement between a group of people which other people think is wrong or is likely to be harmful.
例:It's all part of a conspiracy to dispense with the town centre all together and move everything out to Meadowhall...彻底抛开市中心而把所有东西都搬到梅多霍尔购物中心,这完全是一场阴谋的一部分。
例:There was no evidence to link the brigade to any conspiracy against Mr Bush.没有证据表明这帮人对布什先生图谋不轨。

PHRASE
(为了私利)保持缄默的密约
If there is a conspiracy of silence about something, people who know about it have agreed that they will not talk publicly about it, although it would probably be a good thing if people in general knew about it.
例:Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.侦探们犯了难,半岛上各个群体抱成一团,达成了保持缄默的密约。
变形
pl:conspiracies~

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