contrives是什么意思？

contrives

• v. （不顾困难地）促成某事( contrive的第三人称单数 )，巧妙地策划，精巧地制造（如机器），设法做到；

例句

• Chance contrives better than we ourselves. 机遇往往出人意料;人算不如天算.
• The striver contrives to derive that privacy can't be deprived. 奋斗者想方设法推导得出隐私(权)不可剥夺.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  图谋;策划;谋划
  If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
  例句
  The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. 石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言顺地提高油价。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain. 因此我们得制作一块很大的遮光窗帘。
• VERB
  成功做到;设法做到
  If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it.
  例句
  The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years. 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。
• VERB
  (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.
  例句
  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。