单词 | contrive |
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音标 | 英[kənˈtraɪv] 美[kənˈtraɪv] |
解释 | vt.设计,发明;创造;策划;设法做到;vi.计划或谋划; |
例句 | VERB 图谋;策划;谋划 If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. 例:The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言顺地提高油价。 VERB 发明;(精巧地)设计出,制造 If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way. 例:We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain.因此我们得制作一块很大的遮光窗帘。 VERB 成功做到;设法做到 If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it. 例:The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏,堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。 VERB (用欺骗的手法)策划,图谋,设法做到 When someone has done something dishonestly, you can say that they have contrived to do it. 例:They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。 |
变形 | third:contrives~done:contrived~ing:contriving~past:contrived~ |
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