In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
设计;发明;策划;想出
If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
例句
We devised a scheme to help him...我们想出了一个帮他的计策。New long-range objectives must be devised.必须规划出新的长期目标。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the act that results in something coming to be;
"the devising of plans""the fashioning of pots and pans""the making of measurements""it was already in the making"