adj. 默许的；纵容的
v. 默许；纵容；假装不见；共谋（connive的ing形式）

Connive \Con*nive"\ (k[o^]n*n[imac]v"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Connived} (-n[imac]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L.
connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a
word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]
1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.]

The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously,
and to connive with either eye. --Spectator.

2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or
forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a
proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by
at.

To connive at what it does not approve. --Jer.
Taylor.

In many of these, the directors were heartily
concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging,
and sometimes commanding; in all they were
conniving. --Burke.

The government thought it expedient, occasionally,
to connive at the violation of this rule.
--Macaulay.