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devise vt.设计,发明,图谋,作出(计划),想出(办法),遗赠给 n.遗赠 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." ★★☆☆☆ 2002.2

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[di'vaiz] To devise is to figure out a plan. Men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan to tie someone to the railroad tracks. Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. 1[VERB 动词]设计；发明；策划；想出 If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.   [V n]We devised a scheme to help him...我们想出了一个帮他的计策。New long-range objectives must be devised.必须规划出新的长期目标。

英语单词	devise
英美音标	[di'vaiz]
中文释义	vt.设计,发明,图谋,作出(计划),想出(办法),遗赠给 n.遗赠
vocab简明	To devise is to figure out a plan. Men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan to tie someone to the railroad tracks.
vocab扩展	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."
真题原句	Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]设计；发明；策划；想出 If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it. [V n] We devised a scheme to help him... 我们想出了一个帮他的计策。 New long-range objectives must be devised. 必须规划出新的长期目标。
来源	2002.2

Devise Plan Devised Make Design Di'vaiz Vt.设计,发明,图谋,作出(计划),想出(办法),遗赠给 N.遗赠