英语单词 | devise |
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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]
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来源 | 2002.2 |
Tags: 单词::2002
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