contrived

英 [kənˈtraɪvd]

美 [kənˈtraɪvd]

adj.  预谋的; 不自然的; 人为的; 矫揉造作的; 做作的
v.  (不顾困难而)设法做到; (克服困难)促成(某事); 巧妙地策划; 精巧地制造(如机器)
contrive的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：contrived　过去式：contrived　

CET6GREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18482 / COCA.18969

牛津词典

adj.

• 预谋的；不自然的；人为的；矫揉造作的；做作的
  planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic
  1. a contrived situation
     人为的状况
  2. The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
     这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的
  If you say that something someone says or does iscontrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
  1. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
     他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
  2. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
     它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• ADJ-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 iscontrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
  1. The plot seems contrived.
     情节看起来不真实。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialhokeystilted
• showing effects of planning or manipulation
  1. a novel with a contrived ending

双语例句

• This is a contrived example designed to simulate a data source that sends data in an asynchronous manner.
  这是一个特别设计的例子，用于模拟以异步方式发送数据的数据源。
• So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths.
  所以我们发明了很多自认为有理的辩护，这些辩护成了半真半假的陈词、偏见和荒诞的说法。
• It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
  它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
  在字里行间，你可以看出他牵强的解释。
• The children contrived a pulley to lift things into their tree house.
  这些小孩子设计了一个滑轮，可以将东西吊进他们树上的房子。
• They contrived to murder their boss; design a new sales strategy; plan an attack.
  他们设计谋杀老板；设计一个新销售策略；设计一次进攻。
• 'We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical.' — 'That's a matter of opinion.'
  “我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”
• We contrived a way to escape from the locked room.
  我们想出了一个从这个锁着的房间逃出去的办法。
• They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
  他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。
• He contrived to make the matter worse.
  他图谋使事情恶化。