動詞 connive:

1. encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
2. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
   同義詞：scheme, intrigue

1. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
   神不能改變過去; 惟其如是，他就不能不對歷史家的存在一只眼開一只眼閉了。
2. God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historian.
   神不能改變過去; 惟其如是，他就不能不對歷史家的存在一只眼開一只眼閉了。
3. The prisoners paid the guards to connive at their escape.
   囚犯們賄賂看守，使看守默許他們越獄。

con.nive

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
con.nived,con.niv.ing,con.nives
To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude:
串通：秘密合作進行不法或錯誤行為；共謀：
例句：
The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
商人勾結(jié)海關(guān)人走私毒品

To scheme; plot.
陰謀；密謀
To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent:
縱容：假裝忽視或并未采取措施阻止錯誤，并暗示出默許和同意：
例句：
The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner`s escape.
警衛(wèi)人員有縱容犯人越獄的嫌疑

來源：
Latin cônovôre, connovôre [to close the eyes]
拉丁語 cônovôre, connovôre [閉上眼睛]

【引伸】
conniv.er
n.（名詞）
conniv.ery
n.（名詞）