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

过去分词：contrived　过去式：contrived　

CET6GREIELTS

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
  1. a contrived situation
     人为的状况
  2. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
     它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• 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.
  1. The plot seems contrived.
     情节看起来不真实。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialhokeystilted
• showing effects of planning or manipulation
  1. a novel with a contrived ending

双语例句

• Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.
  不管怎样，她设法弄到了音乐会的票。
• After much difficulty, he contrived to stop drinking!
  克服许多困难之后，他设法做到了戒酒！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.
  这位发明家发明了一种具有较少运动部件的新型发动机。
• After much difficulty I contrived to escape.
  经过千辛万苦，我才逃出来了。
• This is a contrived example designed to simulate a data source that sends data in an asynchronous manner.
  这是一个特别设计的例子，用于模拟以异步方式发送数据的数据源。
• 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。