| 单词 | contrive |
| 释义 | contrive (once / 241 pages) v When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing. Mental effort is always required though, as contrive is often used in connection with inventing schemes and plans to make something happen. Contraption, a complicated mysterious device that does something, is related to contrive. Have you ever seen a Rube Goldberg contraption? When you contrive to do something, your plan may end up being that complicated. WORD FAMILYcontrive: contrivance, contrived, contriver, contrives, contriving+/contrivance: contrivances/contrived: contrivedly, uncontrived/contriver: contrivers USAGE EXAMPLESThis contrived road-trip plot therefore becomes series of step-and-repeat awkward encounters that show how this bohemian family is morally superior to everyone else. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) It’s not a contrived Christmas song at all. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Should I try to contrive some improvement in my adjustment to “company culture”? Or simply move forward and focus on my work? New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v make or work out a plan for; devise They contrived to murder their boss Syn|Hypo|Hyper design, plan, project plot devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) concertcontrive (a plan) by mutual agreement map, map outplan, delineate, or arrange in detail create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 2v come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Syn|Hyper devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 3v put or send forth Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, project, throw shoot send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly direct, send cause to go somewhere |
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