The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.石油公司被指控故意制造油荒以给哄抬油价找理由。

a moving little drama that we could never have contrived deliberately我们挖空心思也设计不出来的一出感人小戏

We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain.因此我们需要设计出一幅巨大的遮光帘。

Ralph Richardson contrived to combine both these qualities to perfection.拉尔夫•理查森设法把这两种品质尽善尽美地结合在一起。

The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.这支管弦乐队尽力发挥出多年来的最佳水平。

They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.某种程度上来说他们故意丢失了成千上万份的申请。