英语词汇“contrived”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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… it may remind readers of Christopher Nolan's ingeniously contrived mystery film "Memento" …

Joyce Carol Oates, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2005 The music industry has become far more image conscious and contrived since her first album affected me so profoundly …

Lisa Marie Presley, Time, 18 Apr. 2005 There are some who scorn that sterling art form, the afternoon soap opera, alleging that its characters are unbelievable, its plots contrived and its action negligible.

Lydel Sims, Assignment: Memphis, 1982 The movie's contrived ending was a big disappointment. The results of the test seemed somewhat contrived.

Recent Examples on the Web The story takes its most contrived turn when Robert lands a part-time job at a public defender’s office.

Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Exploiting the patriarchal laws of the day, Callahan sued Bedlow for seduction — a contrived claim, man against man, that Bedlow’s seduction of Sawyer cost Callahan losses of her labor.

New York Times, 14 July 2022 But for a movie with so much volatile physicality and bruising punishment, there’s an inertia about the whole thing, a soullessness that makes every contrived smirk grate.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022 Any intercultural project in Israel — where many Arabs complain of systemic discrimination by Jews, and many Jews fear they will never be accepted by Arabs — has the potential to feel either resonant or contrived.

New York Times, 23 July 2022 Federal prosecutors said lenders were persuaded to make loans on properties that didn’t meet their lending criteria based on contrived information from BH Property Management about the value of its multi-family housing properties.

Hartford Courant, 12 July 2022 At the same time, the evidence shows that the contrived transcript in the post does not accurately reflect much of what was said during the call.

Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 One thing Hacks has already established its ability to do interestingly, if not always smoothly, is set itself up for contrived drama and then avoid dragging out the contrivance.

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 At the end of the day, all the contrived bits and prewritten one-offs in the world are no substitute for an actual human being present onstage, particularly one who’s blessed with good comic timing.

Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

单词	contrived
释义	contrived adjective con·trived kən-ˈtrīvd : having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial, labored a contrived plot Synonyms affected artificial assumed bogus factitious fake false feigned forced mechanical mock phony phoney plastic pretended pseudo put-on sham simulated spurious strained unnatural See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences … it may remind readers of Christopher Nolan's ingeniously contrived mystery film "Memento" … Joyce Carol Oates, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2005 The music industry has become far more image conscious and contrived since her first album affected me so profoundly … Lisa Marie Presley, Time, 18 Apr. 2005 There are some who scorn that sterling art form, the afternoon soap opera, alleging that its characters are unbelievable, its plots contrived and its action negligible. Lydel Sims, Assignment: Memphis, 1982 The movie's contrived ending was a big disappointment. The results of the test seemed somewhat contrived. Recent Examples on the Web The story takes its most contrived turn when Robert lands a part-time job at a public defender’s office. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Exploiting the patriarchal laws of the day, Callahan sued Bedlow for seduction — a contrived claim, man against man, that Bedlow’s seduction of Sawyer cost Callahan losses of her labor. New York Times, 14 July 2022 But for a movie with so much volatile physicality and bruising punishment, there’s an inertia about the whole thing, a soullessness that makes every contrived smirk grate. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022 Any intercultural project in Israel — where many Arabs complain of systemic discrimination by Jews, and many Jews fear they will never be accepted by Arabs — has the potential to feel either resonant or contrived. New York Times, 23 July 2022 Federal prosecutors said lenders were persuaded to make loans on properties that didn’t meet their lending criteria based on contrived information from BH Property Management about the value of its multi-family housing properties. Hartford Courant, 12 July 2022 At the same time, the evidence shows that the contrived transcript in the post does not accurately reflect much of what was said during the call. Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 One thing Hacks has already established its ability to do interestingly, if not always smoothly, is set itself up for contrived drama and then avoid dragging out the contrivance. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 At the end of the day, all the contrived bits and prewritten one-offs in the world are no substitute for an actual human being present onstage, particularly one who’s blessed with good comic timing. Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022 See More Word History Etymology see contrive First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above contrived 1 of 2 adjective as in strained lacking in natural or spontaneous quality the contrived applause of a TV studio audience that has been told when to clap Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance strained mock unnatural fake false exaggerated forced pretended simulated artificial affected pseudo assumed feigned mechanical spurious phony bogus factitious sham theatrical concocted plastic calculated phoney hollow put-on cute theatric manufactured deliberate fabricated hokey unreal empty canned unrealistic labored insincere facile melodramatic formal hypocritical pat overdone automatic stiff cultivated overacted unauthentic conventional stylized premeditated unctuous conscious cutesy studied impersonal wooden rigid mealymouthed histrionic artful two-faced simpering mealy overrefined genteel double-dealing mincing inflexible goody-goody left-handed Antonyms & Near Antonyms spontaneous genuine natural real artless unaffected realistic authentic uncontrived true bona fide unforced right unfeigned sincere easy honest smooth effortless impromptu ingenuous instinctive unconscious unstudied extemporaneous unpretending impulsive unrehearsed unprompted See More contrived 2 of 2 verb past tense of contrive 1 as in concocted to create or think of by clever use of the imagination contrived abstract metal sculptures using old household utensils Synonyms & Similar Words concocted devised constructed invented designed manufactured produced fabricated excogitated trumped up conceived hatched made up improvised imagined drummed up envisioned dreamed came up with vamped (up) cooked (up) visualized thought (up) coined envisaged extemporized visioned daydreamed fantasized dreamt ad-libbed pictured Antonyms & Near Antonyms mimicked imitated copied duplicated replicated reproduced cloned copycatted reduplicated See More 2 as in plotted to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends the mischievous boys were always contriving and trying to pull the prank that would be the talk of the school Synonyms & Similar Words plotted schemed planned colluded connived conspired intrigued machinated concocted engineered devised manipulated designed hatched compassed counterplotted put up shaped maneuvered mapped brewed jockeyed laid out framed cooked (up) 3 as in negotiated to plan out usually with subtle skill or care contrived a way of planning the surprise party without their catching on to it Synonyms & Similar Words negotiated engineered manipulated arranged plotted managed masterminded maneuvered finessed framed concluded machinated finagled wangled concocted concerted schemed connived worked out hammered out intrigued conducted hatched directed handled brewed compassed gerrymandered commanded angled (for) run cooked (up) captained quarterbacked ran Antonyms & Near Antonyms bungled mangled botched butchered mishandled fumbled muffed blew messed (up) gummed (up) flubbed bobbled loused up See More
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