I decided to contrive a meeting between the two of them.

我决定设法让他们双方见上一面。

《牛津词典》

We have to contrive to live on our own income.

我们的生活必需设法量入为出。

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I found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

在百物涨价的时候，我觉得料理家务真不容易。

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" you innocently ask, helping me to contrive a narrative flow, "I've never heard of SDI Technologies, either.

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Most surprising of all, he manages somehow to contrive a happy ending.

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Astonished at their outrage, Parliament authored tax subsidies to contrive consent.

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