contrived
英 [kənˈtraɪvd]
美 [kənˈtraɪvd]
adj. 预谋的; 不自然的; 人为的; 矫揉造作的; 做作的
v. (不顾困难而)设法做到; (克服困难)促成(某事); 巧妙地策划; 精巧地制造(如机器)
contrive的过去分词和过去式
Collins.1 / BNC.18482 / COCA.18969
牛津词典
adj.
- 预谋的;不自然的;人为的;矫揉造作的;做作的
planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic- a contrived situation
人为的状况 - The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。
- a contrived situation
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的
If you say that something someone says or does iscontrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.- There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。 - It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
- There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
- ADJ-GRADED (戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的,不足信的,不真实的
If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel iscontrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.- The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
- The plot seems contrived.
英英释义
adj
- artificially formal
- that artificial humility that her husband hated
- contrived coyness
- a stilted letter of acknowledgment
- when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
- showing effects of planning or manipulation
- a novel with a contrived ending
双语例句
- They contrived to murder their boss; design a new sales strategy; plan an attack.
他们设计谋杀老板;设计一个新销售策略;设计一次进攻。 - They both had done too much rehearsing and it came of fake and contrived.
他们都做了太多的演练,而实际上都是装腔作势。 - I have dreamed this of Akron, and I have contrived it in other places.
我在阿克伦时就梦想着这种体验,而在别的地方则实现了这种体验。 - The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.
这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子抚养成人。 - We contrived to have an enjoyable holiday in spite of the rain.
尽管下雨,我们还是设法过了一个快乐的假期。 - She had contrived a match between her father and frank's mother.
她曾谋划使自己的父亲与弗兰克的母亲配成一对。 - The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。 - There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said
他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。 - If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
在字里行间,你可以看出他牵强的解释。 - 'We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical.' — 'That's a matter of opinion.'
“我们没那么造作,也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”