1ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的 If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的 [disapproval]
There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.
2ADJ-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 is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing. (戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的,不足信的,不真实的 [disapproval]