conspire
英 [kənˈspaɪər]
美 [kənˈspaɪr]
1. 区分易混单词:conspire, transpire.
1. conspire=con+spire.con表示"一起,共同",spir表示呼吸。一起呼气,联想到“同一个鼻孔出气”共谋者
conspire 密谋con-, 强调。-spir, 呼吸,词源同spirit, respire.
- conspire
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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.
- 1. But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.
- 然而,乐队无力控制的各种决定性力量将会对他们造成不利的影响。
- 2. It was just one of those times when you wonder whether the fates conspire against you.
- 有些时候,你会怀疑是不是造化弄人,现在就是如此。
- 3. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
- 然而在实际生活中, 有些事情有时候的确好象神差鬼使一样地促成了一些除了十九世纪小说家外谁也不会相信的巧合.
- 4. People always conspire to keep the truth from me.
- 人们总是串通一气不把真情告诉我.
- 5. You conspire with him against me, don't you ?
- 你和他串通一起反对我, 是 吧 ?