Contrived
[kən'traɪvd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) showing effects of planning or manipulation; 'a novel with a contrived ending' .
吉纳维芙校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Contrive
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例句/造句/用法:
- But the queen had before contrived another project. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- We have used for a number of years in this laboratory a form of constant water bath which was contrived by Mr. Edward Bogardus, formerly chemist to the New Jersey State Geological Survey. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A man, for instance, is vain of a beautiful house, which belongs to him, or which he has himself built and contrived. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Yes, answered I, putting my hand into his, and again I contrived to forget Lady W----. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The lord of the gate, in a fury ran after Deerhurst and with some difficulty contrived to catch hold of his whip. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Brummell talked to Julia while he looked at me; and as soon as he could manage it with decency, he contrived to place himself by my side. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- In this deplorable state, I contrived to do, what I take to have been, three Objective things. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I had hitherto contrived to master my curiosity out of consideration for my companion; but it got the better of me now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He also contrived the means of printing in colours from stone, by reversing the process of ordinary lithographic printing. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Professor Wheatstone has recently contrived an improvement in his index telegraph, which was described by Professor Faraday in a lecture at the Royal Institution in June last. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Of these she contrived to coax three or four to walk with her to my house; but, alas! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I can't conceive how he contrived to mismanage his affairs. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I observed this also, and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- He contrived so many little tools to cheapen the work that he made lots of money. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I trust I shall not eat long at your expense, sir, was my very clumsily- contrived, unpolished answer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I wanted to have another look at Leicester Stanhope, which I at last contrived to accomplish slyly. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The carroty-haired Charlton contrived to become a member of this club. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- One method of producing the same effect is to make the cylinders oscillate on pivots, as contrived by Mr. Murdoch, in the first model steam carriage, made in 1784. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It will be desirable to procure, in the first instance, a box, so contrived that it will hold the painting, and afford the means of throwing the light on the front or on the back at pleasure. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Mrs. Norris contrived to remove one article from his sight that might have distressed him. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She might think it was contrived, in case of the worse, to convey to him the means of anticipating the sentence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He was given control of the office, undertook to make his own type, contrived a copper-plate press, the first in America , and printed paper money for New Jersey. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I contrived to set this doubt at rest by very simple means. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- How he contrived to escape being seen by you he did not tell me, but he found us out on that occasion, and in that way. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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