contrivance
- n. （正式）发明，创制，设计（的行为或能力）；发明物，装置，器械（为特定用途而设计）；为达到目的而想出的办法，计谋，诡计（常含贬义）；（正式，常含贬义）矫揉造作，人为痕迹
[ 复数 contrivances ]
专业释义英英释义
contrivance [ kən'traivəns ]
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n.
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a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
同义词： appliance contraption convenience gadget gizmo gismo widget
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the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
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an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
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an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
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any improvised arrangement for temporary use
同义词： lash-up
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the act of devising something
同义词： devisal
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a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
contrivance /kənˈtraɪvəns/
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N-VAR If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial. 过于人为修饰的物件 [正式]
例：They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.
他们穿着简单，避免了现代装束。
例：...music with a tendency towards contrivance and lack of substance.
...趋于人为雕琢但缺乏实质内容的音乐。
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N-COUNT A contrivance is an unfair or dishonest scheme or trick to gain an advantage for yourself. 诡计
例：They always come up with some contrivance to raise prices.
他们总是想出一些诡计来提价。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.
这故事讲得毫不矫揉造作。
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Martin had learned the contrivance from Joe at the Shelly Hot Springs.
那设计是马丁在雪莉温泉旅馆从乔那里学来的。
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No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government.
来自那遥远统治的影响目前尚无法防止。
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Only human art or science or art, human contrivance, can bring about peace.
只有人类的艺术或科学，人类的发明，能够带来和平。
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In other words, for Hobbes, authority and relations of authority do not arise naturally among us, but are rather, again, like civil science itself, the product of contrivance or art.
换句话说，对于霍布斯，权力和权力关系,并不自然而然产生于我们之中，不如说是，像平民科学一样，是发明或艺术的产物。
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