| 单词 | devise |
| 释义 | devise (once / 359 pages) vn To devise is to figure out a plan. Men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan to tie someone to the railroad tracks. To devise a plan is more than just making one; there's a lot of figuring out to do, such as: "Phoebe devised a bus route that picked up kids in alphabetical order." There's a method to the madness of devising. The chemistry class devised a plan to make the fire alarm go off. Devise can be positive, too, meaning to find a creative solution: "The design team devised a plan to make the trailer home look like a medieval castle." WORD FAMILYdevise: devised, devisee, deviser, devises, devising+/devisee: devisees/deviser: devisers/devising: devisings USAGE EXAMPLESDevising a nozzle for the aeroponic sprayer proved a tougher problem. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Daly says the league is devising two separate schedules for the 2017-18 season, one of which would feature an Olympic break. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The year ahead will test how well the system devised by our founders works under stress. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1v arrange by systematic planning and united effort devise a plan to take over the director's office Syn|Hypo|Hyper get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare mount, put on prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance layprepare or position for action or operation set upbegin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. sandwichmake into a sandwich spatchcockprepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock embattleprepare for battle or conflict rerunrerun a performance of a play, for example initiate, pioneer take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of 2v come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Syn|Hyper contrive, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 3v give by will, especially real property Hyper bequeath, leave, will leave or give by will after one's death 4n (law) a gift of real property by will Hyper heritage, inheritance that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner giftsomething acquired without compensation 5n a will disposing of real property Hyper testament, will a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die |
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