conspiracy

英 [kənˈspɪrəsi]

美 [kənˈspɪrəsi]

n.  密谋策划; 阴谋

复数：conspiracies　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8法律

Collins.2 / BNC.5072 / COCA.4229

牛津词典

noun

• 密谋策划；阴谋
  a secret plan by a group of people to do sth harmful or illegal
  1. a conspiracy to overthrow the government
     颠覆政府的阴谋
  2. conspiracies against the president
     反对总统的阴谋诡计
  3. a conspiracy of silence (= an agreement not to talk publicly about sth which should be made public)
     保持缄默的密约（对该公开的事情不公开谈论的约定）
  4. They were charged with conspiracy to murder.
     他们被指控密谋策划谋杀。
  5. a conspiracy theory (= the belief that a secret conspiracy is responsible for a particular event)
     阴谋论（认为某事件背后有阴谋）

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 密谋;阴谋
  Conspiracyis the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
  1. Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson...
     7个人都来自布里斯托尔，他们承认了合谋纵火。
  2. He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
     他认为1963年肯尼迪总统遇刺身亡可能是一个阴谋。
• N-COUNT 阴谋
  Aconspiracyis an agreement between a group of people which other people think is wrong or is likely to be harmful.
  1. It's all part of a conspiracy to dispense with the town centre all together and move everything out to Meadowhall...
     彻底抛开市中心而把所有东西都搬到梅多霍尔购物中心，这完全是一场阴谋的一部分。
  2. There was no evidence to link the brigade to any conspiracy against Mr Bush.
     没有证据表明这帮人对布什先生图谋不轨。
• PHRASE （为了私利）保持缄默的密约
  If there is aconspiracy of silenceabout something, people who know about it have agreed that they will not talk publicly about it, although it would probably be a good thing if people in general knew about it.
  1. Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.
     侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。

英英释义

noun

• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
  Synonym:cabal
• a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
  Synonym:confederacy
• a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
  Synonym:confederacy

双语例句

• He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime
  他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。
• There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power.
  有人策划了一个不可告人的阴谋要将他们排斥在权力中心之外。
• Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
  大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。
• Those who go in for intrigues and conspiracy are doomed to failure.
  搞阴谋诡计的人注定要失败。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him
  他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
• They were brought to trial for treasonable conspiracy.
  他们因密谋叛国被送上法庭。
• He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government
  他承认了阴谋诈骗政府的罪名。
• There was no evidence to link the brigade to any conspiracy against Mr Bush.
  没有证据表明这帮人对布什先生图谋不轨。
• He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
  他认为1963年肯尼迪总统遇刺身亡可能是一个阴谋。
• The police discovered his conspiracy to overthrow the government with some army officers.
  警方发现他与一些军官同谋企图推翻政府。