“I have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, Mr President, I will not be complicit,” Flake said.

弗莱克说：“我还要面对我的孩子和孙子，所以，总统先生，我不会当你的同谋。”

Solomon said several other major events had contributed to interest in the word. They include the rise of the opioid epidemic and how it came to pass, along with the spread of sexual harassment and assault allegations against an ever-growing list of powerful men, including the film mogul Harvey Weinstein.

所罗门说，还有其他几件大事都增加了人们对“同谋”一词的关注度，包括鸦片类药物滥用的增多及其背后原因，电影大亨哈维•温斯坦性骚扰丑闻的持续扩大，被指控性骚扰和性侵的大人物不断增加。

The scandal that started in Hollywood and quickly spread across industries has led to a mountain of questions over who knew what, who might have contributed and what it means to stay silent.

这一丑闻从好莱坞开始，迅速波及其他行业，引发出一连串问题：谁知道什么真相，谁能提供更多内情，保持沉默意味着什么。

那么complicit的意思是什么呢？来看看Dictionary.com的解释：

involved with others in reprehensible or illegal activity

和他人一起参与到应受谴责或非法的活动中

例句：

But my silence was not only wrong; I am complicit on some level in nurturing the “rape culture” that we see today in our country.

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