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词汇 contrive
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contrive

verb
/kənˈtraɪv/
/kənˈtraɪv/
(formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they contrive
/kənˈtraɪv/
/kənˈtraɪv/
he / she / it contrives
/kənˈtraɪvz/
/kənˈtraɪvz/
past simple contrived
/kənˈtraɪvd/
/kənˈtraɪvd/
past participle contrived
/kənˈtraɪvd/
/kənˈtraɪvd/
-ing form contriving
/kənˈtraɪvɪŋ/
/kənˈtraɪvɪŋ/
  1. contrive to do something to manage to do something despite difficulties(不顾困难而)设法做到
    • She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。
    • Somehow they contrived to live on her tiny income.他们设法靠她的微薄收入生活。
  2. contrive something to succeed in making something happen despite difficulties(克服困难)促成某事
    • I decided to contrive a meeting between the two of them.我决定设法让他们双方见上一面。
  3. contrive something to think of or make something, for example a plan or a machine, in a clever way巧妙地策划;精巧地制造(如机器)
    • They contrived a plan to defraud the company.他们精心策划要欺诈那家公司。
  4. 词源Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.
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