Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released.几位资深政治家串通起来确保他不会获释。The jailer connived at the escape from prison.狱吏纵容犯人的逃狱.They connived to kill him.他们共谋要杀害他....
These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health.这些各种各样的疾病、不适都是身体健康状况欠佳的一种表现。It is at one end of the cost continuum.这位于成本序列的一端。You cannot separate one part of history from the continuum.不能割断历史....