contrivance

名词 contrivance:

1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
   同义词：appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
   同义词：stratagem, dodge
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
   同义词：lash-up
6. the act of devising something
   同义词：devisal

1. A device or contrivance; a gadget.
   玩意儿一种装置或发明物; 小机件
2. He erected some contrivance for storing rainwater.
   他装设了一种贮存雨水的器具。
3. I have an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.
   我有一条不经她过目就签署文件的妙计。

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n.（名词）

The act of contriving.
设计：发明或设计的行为
The state of being contrived.
人工化痕迹：被发明或设计的状态
Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
发明物：发明或设计的东西，如机械装置或巧妙计划