They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.他们穿着简单朴实, 拒绝现代装置。

A small spring-loaded contrivance rolled out of sight into the gutter.一个小弹簧装置滚进排水沟里不见了。

its tendency towards contrivance, archness, and lack of substance它变得越来越做作、讨巧而且缺乏实质

His book struck me as more of a contrivance than the others.在我看来, 他的书比起其他的来说显得有些矫揉造作。