contrive
/kənˈtraɪv/verb
with obj.
1- create 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。
1.1
- with 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。
派生词
contrivable
adjectivecontriver
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver 'imagine, invent', from medieval Latin contropare 'compare'.