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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·spire (con·spired ; con·spir·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French conspirer, from Latin conspirare to be in harmony, conspire, from com- + spirare to breathe DATE 14th century transitive verb : plot , contrive intransitive verb 1. a. to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement accused of conspiring to overthrow the government b. scheme 2. to act in harmony toward a common end circumstances conspired to defeat his efforts English Etymology conspire c.1300, from O.Fr . conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 conspire con·spire / kEn5spaiE(r) / verb1. [V] ~ (with sb) (against sb) | ~ (together) to secretly plan with other people to do sth illegal or harmful 密谋；图谋；阴谋: They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。 They deny conspiring together to smuggle drugs. 他们否认共谋走私毒品。 She admitted conspiring with her lover to murder her husband. 她承认与情夫密谋杀害亲夫。 2. ~ against sb / sth | ~ to do sth (of events 事件) to seem to work together to make sth bad happen 似乎共同导致(不良后果): ▪ [V] Circumstances had conspired against them. 各种情况都凑在一起和他们作对。 ▪ [V to inf] Everything conspired to make her life a misery. 她命运多舛,生活悲惨。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb Synonyms: PLOT cogitate, ||collogue, collude, connive, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, scheme (out)Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·spire \kənzˈpī(ə)r, -nˈsp-, -īə\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English conspiren, from Middle French conspirer, from Latin conspirare to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot, from com- + spirare to breathe, blow — more at spirit transitive verb 1. : plot , plan , contrive < your fall and mine do they alike conspire — Robert Southey > 2. obsolete : to unite in producing or contributing to intransitive verb 1. : to make an agreement with a group and in secret to do some act (as to commit treason or a crime or carry out a treacherous deed) : plot together < conspire against the state > < lamented that the English workers … had never learned to conspire — Time > 2. : to concur or work to one end : act in harmony < circumstances of life have conspired … to render any fixed and authoritative belief incredible — Walter Lippmann > |
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