[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的 If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
[disapproval]
There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的,不足信的,不真实的 If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
[disapproval]
The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
Oxford
con·trived/kənˈtraɪvd; NAmEkənˈtraɪvd/adjective( disapproving) planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic 预谋的;不自然的;人为的;矫揉造作的;做作的◆a contrived situation人为的状况◆The book's happy ending seemed contrived.这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。con·trived/kənˈtraɪvd; NAmEkənˈtraɪvd/
LDC
contrivedcon‧trived /kənˈtraɪvd/ adjective
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Thesaurus
seeming false and not natural: The characters are as contrived as the plot.
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