人的密謀
最字面的一支：真的有幾個人靠在一起低聲說話，而且不想被聽見。
verb · B2
To plan something secretly with one or more other people, when what you are planning is wrong, harmful, or against the law.
密謀；共謀
核心畫面
One picture holds the whole word: two heads close together, breathing the same air, moving the same way. Whatever is going on is shared, it is quiet, and it points in one direction. English keeps that picture even when the things involved cannot breathe or plan at all — rain and a late bus get treated as if they had leaned in together and agreed on something.
整個字可以用一個畫面收起來：兩個頭湊得很近，呼吸著同一口氣，往同一個方向動。事情是共同的、是安靜的，而且只指向一個目…更多收起
整個字可以用一個畫面收起來：兩個頭湊得很近，呼吸著同一口氣，往同一個方向動。事情是共同的、是安靜的，而且只指向一個目標。有趣的是，英文連沒辦法呼吸、也不會計畫的東西都照用不誤——一場雨和一班誤點的公車，被講得好像也湊過頭來、講好了什麼。From the word’s history
The Latin source is conspirare: con- 'together' plus spirare 'to breathe'. Literally, to breathe together. The modern uses are all still standing in that room — people close enough to share breath, or circumstances treated as if they were.
拉丁文的來源是 conspirare：con-（一起）加 spirare（呼吸），字面就是「一起呼吸」。今天的每一種用法，其實都還站在那個房間裡——不是幾個人靠得近到共用一口氣，就是把幾件事當成那樣來寫。
Wiktionary entry for 'conspire' (kaikki extract supplied in this evidence packet; source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:505487131:15187)
Two branches
事情湊在一起
把「一起呼吸」的畫面借給沒有意志的東西。雨、時間、壞掉的公車不會計畫任何事，但寫成 conspire，那一串倒楣就好像被安排過。這是修辭，不是說話的人真的相信有人在幕後。
verb · B2
If events or things conspire, several of them happen at the same time and together they cause something bad.
（事情）湊在一起導致壞結果
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conspireverb/kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
- 1
To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
- They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.
- And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.”
- 2
To agree, to concur to one end.
- The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
- I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.
- 3
To work together to bring about.
- Rain and sweat conspired to smudge her mascara.
- Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。