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conspire against something phrasal verb with conspireverb[ I ]uk /kənˈspaɪər/ us /kənˈspaɪr/ (alsoconspire to do something) If events or conditions conspire against something or conspire to do something, they combine in such a way that they spoil your plans: (事情、环境)共同导致(计划失败) The weather had conspired to ruin their day out.坏天气凑在一起破坏了他们的一日游。 I'd planned a romantic evening together, but circumstances conspired against it - friends arrived unexpectedly and then Dave was called out to an emergency.我计划两人共度一个浪漫的夜晚,可是事不凑巧——先是朋友们不期而至,接着戴夫被叫去出急诊。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate |