con.trive
v.(动词)con.trived,con.triv.ing,con.trives v.tr.(及物动词)To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise:设计:以机智或灵巧的方法设计出;发明:例句:contrive ways to amuse the children.想出逗孩子们玩的办法
To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation:创造:创造或制作,尤指通过临时拼凑成地:例句:contrived a swing from hanging vines.用垂下来的藤蔓做了一个秋千
To plan with evil intent; scheme:策划:心怀不轨地计划;策划:例句:contrived a plot to seize power.策划篡权的阴谋
To bring about, as by scheming; manage:设法做到:引起或导致,如通过策划;设法做到:例句:somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.想办法不被守卫发现
v.intr.(不及物动词)To form plans or schemes.计划或谋划
来源:Middle English contreven 中古英语 contreven from Old French controver contreuv- 源自 古法语 controver contreuv- from Medieval Latin controp3re [to compare] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 controp3re [把…相比较] Latin com- [com-] 拉丁语 com- [前缀,表.同.] Latin tropus [turn, manner, style] from Greek tropos * see trep- 拉丁语 tropus [改动,方式,样式] 源自 希腊语 tropos *参见 trep-
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contriv.er
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