1、common

常見的;普遍的

His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway.

他的名字叫漢森，在挪威是一個常見的名字。

Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds.

石油污染是造成海鳥死亡最常見的原因。

共有的;共同的

Moldavians and Romanians share a common language.

摩爾達維亞人和羅馬尼亞人使用同一種語言。

Such behaviour is common to all young people.

這種行為在年輕人中司空見慣。

尋常的;普通的

Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.

民主也許能提升普通人的政治地位，讓他們產生優越感。

Common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.

食鹽由40%的鈉和60%的氯化物構成。

2、conspire

密謀;共謀;搞陰謀

They'd conspired to overthrow the government.

他們曾經密謀推翻政府。

Mr Farmer and Mrs Jones both admitted conspiring to murder her husband.

法默先生和瓊斯太太都承認密謀殺死了瓊斯先生。

(事件)湊在一起致使，共同導致

History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.

歷史和地理因素共同將希臘推至作出抉擇的緊要關頭。

But fateful forces beyond the band's control were to conspire against them.

然而，樂隊無力控制的各種決定性力量將會對他們造成不利的影響。