音标:[kәn'traivәns] ;
n. 发明, 发明的才能, 想出的办法, 发明物
[化] 设计方案
n. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
n. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
词型变化:名词复数形式 : contrivances
词性分布:
名词100%

contrivance的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He erected some contrivance for storing rain-water.他装设了一种贮存雨水的器具.
  2. Some things are beyond human contrivance.有些东西非人力所能创造。
  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。
  4. The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot.这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。

经典引文

  • A clumsy contrivance to persuade me that I was unsuspected.

    出自:J. Buchan
【近义词】

Sir, I said coolly, I need to speak with you on a matter that simply can't wait. 先生,我冷静地说,我想和您谈一件不能再拖延下去的事情。 Whatever could that be, sir? he replied sarcastically. 什么事,先生?他嘲弄地回

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