contrived是什么意思？

contrived

英[kənˈtraɪvd] 美[kənˈtraɪvd]

• adj. 不自然的，勉强的，人为的，非天然的；

例句

• the carefully contrived image of party unity 精心拼造出的党内团结形象
• He contrived to make matters worse. 他弄巧成拙。
• Thus, Jackson's interest in all things Native American is far from contrived. 因此, 杰克逊对土著人所有东西的兴趣并不是做作出来的.
• He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing. 他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了.
• He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton. 他在拉什顿面前竭力振作起精神.
• His paintings are contrived and formulaic. 他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
• The plot seems contrived. 情节看起来不真实。
• It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment. 它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• 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。
• '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。”

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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 is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
  例句
  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。 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 is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
  例句
  The plot seems contrived. 情节看起来不真实。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不自然的;勉强的
  the carefully contrived image of party unity 精心拼造出的党内团结形象

英英词典释义

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