Conspire 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的aspire既有着相同结尾也同词根 spir （呼吸）的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， conspire 一词源自拉丁语conspirare（字面义“一起呼吸”，引申指“同意、联合、密谋”），最早于14世纪末经古法语conspirer进入英语，主要用来表示“密谋、图谋、阴谋”，常用搭配 conspire  (with sb) (against sb) 或 conspire together ，侧重指与他人一起秘密策划或制定计划，通常意图实施非法、有害或违背某人意愿的行为

They were accused of conspiring against the feckless king.他们被指控阴谋反对无能的国王。

She admitted conspiring with her close confidant to murder her husband.她承认与她的亲密知己密谋杀害亲夫。

Everything conspired to make her life a misery.从这个概念出发， conspire 进而还被用来引申指“共同导致、共同起作用、凑在一起致使”，常用搭配 conspire against sb/sth 或 conspire to do sth ，主要指事件、条件等似乎共同协调起作用而致使某个不好的结果发生。比如：她命运多舛，生活悲惨。

Adverse circumstances had conspired against them.各种不利条件都凑在一起和他们作对。

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.名人名言

plot: secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action) collude: cooperate in a secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or gain an advantage over others intrigue: make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone不要去想那些共同阻碍你前进的事物，尤其是那些自己想象出来的事物。出自美国著名女演员、歌手梅丽尔·斯特里普（Meryl Streep）。同近义词