| 释义 |
con·trive /kənˈtraɪv/ vt. | vi. | phr.
❶ vt.
1. 发明；设计；想出；造出
contrive a new implement (method) 设计出一种新工具(方法)
The writer contrived a happy ending. 作家安排了一个大团圆的结局。
contrive ways of handling the situation 设想出对付局势的各种办法
a bathing suit cleverly contrived out of two scarves 由两条围巾巧妙改制而成的游泳衣
2. 谋划，策划(坏事、恶事)
contrive sb.'s death 策划杀死某人
3. [一般后接不定式]设法做到；竟然弄到…的地步
contrive to live on a small income 靠菲薄的收入将就着过日子
How did you contrive to get yourself into hot water? 你是怎么把自己弄到这种进退两难地步的?
4. 〈方〉领会
❷ vi.
1. 计划；谋划
2. 〈古〉(尤指有方地)持家；对付过去
Can you contrive without it? 没有这个你能行吗?
[< OFr controver < LL contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare < L tropus figure of speech, trope] phr. cut and contrive 见 cut |