contrived

英 [kənˈtraɪvd]

美 [kənˈtraɪvd]

adj.  预谋的; 不自然的; 人为的; 矫揉造作的; 做作的
v.  (不顾困难而)设法做到; (克服困难)促成(某事); 巧妙地策划; 精巧地制造(如机器)
contrive的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：contrived　过去式：contrived　

CET6GREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18482 / COCA.18969

牛津词典

adj.

• 预谋的；不自然的；人为的；矫揉造作的；做作的
  planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic
  1. a contrived situation
     人为的状况
  2. The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
     这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的
  If you say that something someone says or does iscontrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
  1. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
     他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
  2. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
     它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• ADJ-GRADED (戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的，不足信的，不真实的
  If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel iscontrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
  1. The plot seems contrived.
     情节看起来不真实。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialhokeystilted
• showing effects of planning or manipulation
  1. a novel with a contrived ending

双语例句

• We contrived to have an enjoyable holiday in spite of the rain.
  尽管下雨，我们还是设法过了一个快乐的假期。
• The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.
  这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子抚养成人。
• They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
  他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。
• We contrived a way to escape from the locked room.
  我们想出了一个从这个锁着的房间逃出去的办法。
• After a lot of difficulty I contrived to attract the President's attention.
  经过很多困难，我总算设法引起了总统的注意。
• The whole thing is contrived secretly by her.
  这是从头至尾都是她秘密策划的。
• His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
  他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
• The children contrived a pulley to lift things into their tree house.
  这些小孩子设计了一个滑轮，可以将东西吊进他们树上的房子。
• This is a contrived example designed to simulate a data source that sends data in an asynchronous manner.
  这是一个特别设计的例子，用于模拟以异步方式发送数据的数据源。
• He contrived a plan for a new machine.
  他设计了一种新机器。