conspire
UK [kən'spaɪər] US [-'spaɪr] verb intransitive
■to plan secretly with other people to do something bad, illegal or against someone's wishes 密谋；共谋；图谋•[+ to infinitive] He felt that his colleagues were conspiring together to remove him from his job.他觉得同事们在密谋把他从工作岗位上挤走。 •As girls, the sisters used to conspire with each other against their brother.还是小女孩的时候，姐妹俩常常在一起密谋对付她们的哥哥。
UK [kən'spaɪər] US [-'spaɪr] verb intransitive
Phrasal Verbs conspire against sth (also conspire to do sth)
■If events or conditions conspire against something or conspire to do something, they combine in such a way that they spoil your plans （事情、环境）共同导致（计划失败）•The weather had conspired to ruin their day out.坏天气凑在一起，天公也不作美，破坏了他们的一日游。 •I'd planned a romantic evening together, but circumstances conspired against it - friends arrived unexpectedly and then Dave was called out to an emergency.我计划两人共度一个浪漫的夜晚，可是事不凑巧——先是朋友们不期而至，接着戴夫被叫去出急诊。 |