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
- The whole thing is contrived secretly by her.
这是从头至尾都是她秘密策划的。 - After much difficulty I contrived to escape.
经过千辛万苦,我才逃出来了。 - 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。 - '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。” - 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。 - The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.
他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终。 - He contrived a plan for a new machine.
他设计了一种新机器。 - It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。 - Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.
不管怎样,她设法弄到了音乐会的票。 - We contrived a way to escape from the locked room.
我们想出了一个从这个锁着的房间逃出去的办法。