1、God cannot alter the past; that is why he is obliged to connive at the existence of historians.
上帝不能改變歷史，這就是他為什么被迫對歷史學家的存在睜一只眼閉一只眼了。

2、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。

3、Their purpose is to connive at wars of aggression and to profit by them.
這個政策的目的，在于縱容侵略戰(zhàn)爭，自己從中取利。

4、She was obliged to connive at her husband's infidelity.
她不得不默許丈夫對她的不忠。

5、We should not connive at terrorism.
我們不應該縱容恐怖活動。

6、Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment
對於破壞環(huán)境的行為不加反對就等於縱容.

7、to beat or connive at others to beat a prisoner;
毆打或者縱容他人毆打罪犯；

8、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。