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con·trive AHD[kən-trīvʹ] D.J.[kənˈtraɪv]K.K.[kənˈtraɪv]v.(动词)con.trived, con.triv.ing, con.trives v.tr.(及物动词)- To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise:设计:以机智或灵巧的方法设计出;发明:contrive ways to amuse the children.想出逗孩子们玩的办法
- To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation:创造:创造或制作,尤指通过临时拼凑成地:contrived a swing from hanging vines.用垂下来的藤蔓做了一个秋千
- To plan with evil intent; scheme:策划:心怀不轨地计划;策划:contrived a plot to seize power.策划篡权的阴谋
- To bring about, as by scheming; manage:设法做到:引起或导致,如通过策划;设法做到:somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.想办法不被守卫发现
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To form plans or schemes.计划或谋划
- Middle English contreven 中古英语 contreven
- from Old French controver contreuv- 源自 古法语 controver contreuv-
- from Medieval Latin contropāre [to compare] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 contropāre [把…相比较]
- Latin com- [com-] 拉丁语 com- [前缀,表“同”]
- Latin tropus [turn, manner, style] from Greek tropos * see trep- 拉丁语 tropus [改动,方式,样式] 源自 希腊语 tropos * 参见 trep-
contrivʹer n.(名词) |