Definition of contrive in English:

contrive

verb kənˈtrʌɪvkənˈtraɪv

[with object]

1Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
创造，发明，设计（某物）；刻意制造，精心打造（某种局面）
his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis
他的政敌精心策划了一次内阁危机。
with infinitive you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision
尽管有人监督，你还是设法单独和我待在了一起。
Example sentencesExamples
- To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived.
- The real miracle, though, is that you could contrive a way to have a food crisis.
- I do not think these coincidences were consciously contrived.
- The plot contrives miracles and coincidence to suggest there's something deeper going on behind the free-wheeling mess on-screen.
- He briefly tried his hand at furniture design and excels at contriving quirky contraptions and uncanny objects, some of which find their way into elaborate environments.
- He clearly did not want another plan for his assassination to be contrived.
- And since I'm making melodrama, contriving a plot is hardly a betrayal of that.
- The referendum itself was completely contrived.
- Another dictionary I looked at actually states that an architect is a person who plans, devises, or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- I was satisfied, however, that her account of the relevant conversations was an honest one, in the sense that they had not been deliberately contrived by her as a false account.
- Fragments are always contrived into a structure of continuity and context.
- The student had fabricated the story and, as it later appeared, contrived the voice of the second source as well.
- She knows that she must not run and yet, desperate as she is, cannot contrive an escape plan.
- As a consequence story-writers are forced to contrive elaborate plots that just go on and on and on.
- Expression of the firm's history is contrived through design of the lobby.
- We contrived a number of chances to claim the biggest scalp of all during that game, but a couple of individual errors cost us dear.
- And truly the point is not to contrive a precise plan or even to pass a plan that does all of the above.
- It is something that cannot be contrived in normal circumstances.
- Gilda soon runs away from the horrible situation, but Johnny contrives her return for a final confrontation.
- The ones contriving the plan knew well enough to keep it secret from many friends and foes, and conned well enough to develop new technology almost completely foreign to the offending cultures.
Synonyms
bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create
devise, concoct, construct, design, formulate, plan, work out, think up, dream up, come up with, fabricate, plot, hatch
informal wangle, set up, cook up
Law procure
1. 1.1with infinitive Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation.
  设法做（蠢事）；竟然弄到…的地步
  he contrived to flood the flat three times
  他竟然愚蠢到让公寓套间浸了三次水。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My objection to this nonsense is not some kind of intellectual refinement or theological snobbery that contrives to dismiss popular devotions as somehow beneath a sophisticated and modern Christianity.
  By doing so they contrived to create, among other problems, the great gasoline shortage of the 1970s.
  And, like a rash that won't go away, he contrives to be everywhere.
  Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of the championship day?
  For a man who spends so much time in the gym and out on the golf course, he contrives to keep remarkably poor health.
  Where other managements would somehow contrive to squeeze double the number of rooms within the same confines, they always seems to go in the opposite direction, as though trying to see how few rooms he can incorporate.
  It contrives to combine boastfulness, ignorance, insecurity and hostility in ample and self-reinforcing measures.
  Credit to both sides for braving the elements and playing this game but, really, the weather contrived to make good football impossible and this game was very one-sided indeed.
  Scotland contrived to manage what eight different nations had failed signally to do in Cardiff yesterday - they lost to Wales.
  Both contrive to produce misses out of impossibly promising situations.
  However, it never ceases to amaze me how this country contrives to waste its natural assets.
  Even if you manage to get them in, they will contrive to escape at the first opportunity.
  Synonyms
  manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange
  succeed in
  informal work it, swing it
  archaic compass

Derivatives

contrivable

adjective

contriver

noun

Very true, of course, but that a man as intelligent as him, a master contriver of logic games and word puzzles, could have so misunderstood the crux of the play is amazing.
Example sentencesExamples
- As his secretary later wrote: ‘in matters of counsel, nothing for the most part was done without him, for that nothing was thought well done whereof he was not the contriver and director.’
- And this accession of revenue will accrue to the individual benefit of the contriver, so long as the contrivance can be confined to his own knowledge…

Origin

Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver 'imagine, invent', from medieval Latin contropare 'compare'.

Rhymes

alive, arrive, chive, Clive, connive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, rive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive

Definition of contrive in US English:

contrive

verbkənˈtrīvkənˈtraɪv

[with object]

1Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
创造，发明，设计（某物）；刻意制造，精心打造（某种局面）
his opponents contrived a crisis
他的政敌精心策划了一次内阁危机。
you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision
尽管有人监督，你还是设法单独和我待在了一起。
Example sentencesExamples
- Gilda soon runs away from the horrible situation, but Johnny contrives her return for a final confrontation.
- The student had fabricated the story and, as it later appeared, contrived the voice of the second source as well.
- The ones contriving the plan knew well enough to keep it secret from many friends and foes, and conned well enough to develop new technology almost completely foreign to the offending cultures.
- As a consequence story-writers are forced to contrive elaborate plots that just go on and on and on.
- He clearly did not want another plan for his assassination to be contrived.
- He briefly tried his hand at furniture design and excels at contriving quirky contraptions and uncanny objects, some of which find their way into elaborate environments.
- She knows that she must not run and yet, desperate as she is, cannot contrive an escape plan.
- Another dictionary I looked at actually states that an architect is a person who plans, devises, or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- It is something that cannot be contrived in normal circumstances.
- I do not think these coincidences were consciously contrived.
- We contrived a number of chances to claim the biggest scalp of all during that game, but a couple of individual errors cost us dear.
- Expression of the firm's history is contrived through design of the lobby.
- I was satisfied, however, that her account of the relevant conversations was an honest one, in the sense that they had not been deliberately contrived by her as a false account.
- The plot contrives miracles and coincidence to suggest there's something deeper going on behind the free-wheeling mess on-screen.
- Fragments are always contrived into a structure of continuity and context.
- And since I'm making melodrama, contriving a plot is hardly a betrayal of that.
- The referendum itself was completely contrived.
- To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived.
- And truly the point is not to contrive a precise plan or even to pass a plan that does all of the above.
- The real miracle, though, is that you could contrive a way to have a food crisis.
Synonyms
bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create
1. 1.1 Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation.
  设法做（蠢事）；竟然弄到…的地步
  the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself
  Example sentencesExamples
  For a man who spends so much time in the gym and out on the golf course, he contrives to keep remarkably poor health.
  By doing so they contrived to create, among other problems, the great gasoline shortage of the 1970s.
  Where other managements would somehow contrive to squeeze double the number of rooms within the same confines, they always seems to go in the opposite direction, as though trying to see how few rooms he can incorporate.
  Scotland contrived to manage what eight different nations had failed signally to do in Cardiff yesterday - they lost to Wales.
  Credit to both sides for braving the elements and playing this game but, really, the weather contrived to make good football impossible and this game was very one-sided indeed.
  Even if you manage to get them in, they will contrive to escape at the first opportunity.
  Both contrive to produce misses out of impossibly promising situations.
  It contrives to combine boastfulness, ignorance, insecurity and hostility in ample and self-reinforcing measures.
  And, like a rash that won't go away, he contrives to be everywhere.
  My objection to this nonsense is not some kind of intellectual refinement or theological snobbery that contrives to dismiss popular devotions as somehow beneath a sophisticated and modern Christianity.
  Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of the championship day?
  However, it never ceases to amaze me how this country contrives to waste its natural assets.
  Synonyms
  manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange

Origin

Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.

单词	contrive
释义	Definition of contrive in English: contrive verb kənˈtrʌɪvkənˈtraɪv [with object] 1Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice. 创造，发明，设计（某物）；刻意制造，精心打造（某种局面） his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis 他的政敌精心策划了一次内阁危机。 with infinitive you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision 尽管有人监督，你还是设法单独和我待在了一起。 Example sentencesExamples To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived. The real miracle, though, is that you could contrive a way to have a food crisis. I do not think these coincidences were consciously contrived. The plot contrives miracles and coincidence to suggest there's something deeper going on behind the free-wheeling mess on-screen. He briefly tried his hand at furniture design and excels at contriving quirky contraptions and uncanny objects, some of which find their way into elaborate environments. He clearly did not want another plan for his assassination to be contrived. And since I'm making melodrama, contriving a plot is hardly a betrayal of that. The referendum itself was completely contrived. Another dictionary I looked at actually states that an architect is a person who plans, devises, or contrives the achievement of a desired result. I was satisfied, however, that her account of the relevant conversations was an honest one, in the sense that they had not been deliberately contrived by her as a false account. Fragments are always contrived into a structure of continuity and context. The student had fabricated the story and, as it later appeared, contrived the voice of the second source as well. She knows that she must not run and yet, desperate as she is, cannot contrive an escape plan. As a consequence story-writers are forced to contrive elaborate plots that just go on and on and on. Expression of the firm's history is contrived through design of the lobby. We contrived a number of chances to claim the biggest scalp of all during that game, but a couple of individual errors cost us dear. And truly the point is not to contrive a precise plan or even to pass a plan that does all of the above. It is something that cannot be contrived in normal circumstances. Gilda soon runs away from the horrible situation, but Johnny contrives her return for a final confrontation. The ones contriving the plan knew well enough to keep it secret from many friends and foes, and conned well enough to develop new technology almost completely foreign to the offending cultures. Synonyms bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create devise, concoct, construct, design, formulate, plan, work out, think up, dream up, come up with, fabricate, plot, hatch informal wangle, set up, cook up Law procure 1.1with infinitive Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation. 设法做（蠢事）；竟然弄到…的地步 he contrived to flood the flat three times 他竟然愚蠢到让公寓套间浸了三次水。 Example sentencesExamples My objection to this nonsense is not some kind of intellectual refinement or theological snobbery that contrives to dismiss popular devotions as somehow beneath a sophisticated and modern Christianity. By doing so they contrived to create, among other problems, the great gasoline shortage of the 1970s. And, like a rash that won't go away, he contrives to be everywhere. Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of the championship day? For a man who spends so much time in the gym and out on the golf course, he contrives to keep remarkably poor health. Where other managements would somehow contrive to squeeze double the number of rooms within the same confines, they always seems to go in the opposite direction, as though trying to see how few rooms he can incorporate. It contrives to combine boastfulness, ignorance, insecurity and hostility in ample and self-reinforcing measures. Credit to both sides for braving the elements and playing this game but, really, the weather contrived to make good football impossible and this game was very one-sided indeed. Scotland contrived to manage what eight different nations had failed signally to do in Cardiff yesterday - they lost to Wales. Both contrive to produce misses out of impossibly promising situations. However, it never ceases to amaze me how this country contrives to waste its natural assets. Even if you manage to get them in, they will contrive to escape at the first opportunity. Synonyms manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange succeed in informal work it, swing it archaic compass Derivatives contrivable adjective contriver noun Very true, of course, but that a man as intelligent as him, a master contriver of logic games and word puzzles, could have so misunderstood the crux of the play is amazing. Example sentencesExamples As his secretary later wrote: ‘in matters of counsel, nothing for the most part was done without him, for that nothing was thought well done whereof he was not the contriver and director.’ And this accession of revenue will accrue to the individual benefit of the contriver, so long as the contrivance can be confined to his own knowledge… Origin Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver 'imagine, invent', from medieval Latin contropare 'compare'. Rhymes alive, arrive, chive, Clive, connive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, rive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive Definition of contrive in US English: contrive verbkənˈtrīvkənˈtraɪv [with object] 1Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice. 创造，发明，设计（某物）；刻意制造，精心打造（某种局面） his opponents contrived a crisis 他的政敌精心策划了一次内阁危机。 you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision 尽管有人监督，你还是设法单独和我待在了一起。 Example sentencesExamples Gilda soon runs away from the horrible situation, but Johnny contrives her return for a final confrontation. The student had fabricated the story and, as it later appeared, contrived the voice of the second source as well. The ones contriving the plan knew well enough to keep it secret from many friends and foes, and conned well enough to develop new technology almost completely foreign to the offending cultures. As a consequence story-writers are forced to contrive elaborate plots that just go on and on and on. He clearly did not want another plan for his assassination to be contrived. He briefly tried his hand at furniture design and excels at contriving quirky contraptions and uncanny objects, some of which find their way into elaborate environments. She knows that she must not run and yet, desperate as she is, cannot contrive an escape plan. Another dictionary I looked at actually states that an architect is a person who plans, devises, or contrives the achievement of a desired result. It is something that cannot be contrived in normal circumstances. I do not think these coincidences were consciously contrived. We contrived a number of chances to claim the biggest scalp of all during that game, but a couple of individual errors cost us dear. Expression of the firm's history is contrived through design of the lobby. I was satisfied, however, that her account of the relevant conversations was an honest one, in the sense that they had not been deliberately contrived by her as a false account. The plot contrives miracles and coincidence to suggest there's something deeper going on behind the free-wheeling mess on-screen. Fragments are always contrived into a structure of continuity and context. And since I'm making melodrama, contriving a plot is hardly a betrayal of that. The referendum itself was completely contrived. To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived. And truly the point is not to contrive a precise plan or even to pass a plan that does all of the above. The real miracle, though, is that you could contrive a way to have a food crisis. Synonyms bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, stage-manage, create 1.1 Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation. 设法做（蠢事）；竟然弄到…的地步 the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself Example sentencesExamples For a man who spends so much time in the gym and out on the golf course, he contrives to keep remarkably poor health. By doing so they contrived to create, among other problems, the great gasoline shortage of the 1970s. Where other managements would somehow contrive to squeeze double the number of rooms within the same confines, they always seems to go in the opposite direction, as though trying to see how few rooms he can incorporate. Scotland contrived to manage what eight different nations had failed signally to do in Cardiff yesterday - they lost to Wales. Credit to both sides for braving the elements and playing this game but, really, the weather contrived to make good football impossible and this game was very one-sided indeed. Even if you manage to get them in, they will contrive to escape at the first opportunity. Both contrive to produce misses out of impossibly promising situations. It contrives to combine boastfulness, ignorance, insecurity and hostility in ample and self-reinforcing measures. And, like a rash that won't go away, he contrives to be everywhere. My objection to this nonsense is not some kind of intellectual refinement or theological snobbery that contrives to dismiss popular devotions as somehow beneath a sophisticated and modern Christianity. Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of the championship day? However, it never ceases to amaze me how this country contrives to waste its natural assets. Synonyms manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange Origin Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.
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