mid-14c., from Anglo-French conspiracie, Old French conspiracie "conspiracy, plot," from Latin conspirationem (nominative conspiratio) "agreement, union, unanimity," noun of action from conspirare (see conspire); earlier in same sense was conspiration (early 14c.), from French conspiration (13c.), from Latin conspirationem. An Old English word for it was facengecwis. As a term in law, from 1863. Conspiracy theory is from 1909.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. At first, he was blissfully unaware of the conspiracy against him.
起初，他幸好不知道那些針對(duì)他的陰謀。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Did you ever swallow the conspiracy theory about Kennedy?
你有沒(méi)有輕信過(guò)有關(guān)肯尼迪總統(tǒng)遇刺的陰謀論？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime.
他懷疑有人密謀掩蓋犯罪事實(shí)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. The bombs are almost certainly part of a much bigger conspiracy.
幾乎可以肯定，這些炸彈是一個(gè)更大的陰謀的一部分。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power.