2VERB 发明;(精巧地)设计出,制造 If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way. 发明;(精巧地)设计出,制造
We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain. [VERB noun]
因此我们得制作一块很大的遮光窗帘。
3VERB 成功做到;设法做到 If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it. 成功做到;设法做到 [formal]
The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years. [VERB to-infinitive]
这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏,堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。
4VERB (用欺骗的手法)策划,图谋,设法做到 When someone has done something dishonestly, you can say that they have contrived to do it. (用欺骗的手法)策划,图谋,设法做到 [disapproval]
They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications. [VERB to-infinitive]