单词 | contrive |
释义 | contrive[kən'traiv]vt. 发明, 设计, 图谋vi. 发明, 设计, 图谋 contrive con.trive AHD: [k…n-trºv“] D.J. [k*n6tra!v]K.K. [k*n6tra!v]v.(动词) con.trived,con.triv.ing,con.trives v.tr.(及物动词)1. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise:设计:以机智或灵巧的方法设计出;发明:contrive ways to amuse the children.想出逗孩子们玩的办法2. To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation:创造:创造或制作,尤指通过临时拼凑成地:contrived a swing from hanging vines.用垂下来的藤蔓做了一个秋千3. To plan with evil intent; scheme:策划:心怀不轨地计划;策划:contrived a plot to seize power.策划篡权的阴谋4. To bring about, as by scheming; manage:设法做到:引起或导致,如通过策划;设法做到:somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.想办法不被守卫发现v.intr.(不及物动词)To form plans or schemes.计划或谋划语源:1. Middle English contreven 中古英语 contreven 2. from Old French controver contreuv- 源自 古法语 controver contreuv- 3. from Medieval Latin controp³re [to compare] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 controp³re [把…相比较] 4. Latin com- [com-] 拉丁语 com- [前缀,表“同”] 5. Latin tropus [turn, manner, style] from Greek tropos * see trep- 拉丁语 tropus [改动,方式,样式] 源自 希腊语 tropos *参见 trep- 继承用法:contriv“er n.(名词) |
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