1N-VAR 不自然的东西;矫揉造作之物 If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial. 不自然的东西;矫揉造作之物 [formal, disapproval]
They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.
他们衣着简朴,不使用那些现代的发明物。
music with a tendency towards contrivance and lack of substance.