contrivance

英 [kənˈtraɪvəns]

美 [kənˈtraɪvəns]

n.  非自然之物; 人工产物; 矫揉造作; 精巧(或复杂)的装置; 专用工具; 计谋; 圈套; 计谋的(或圈套的)采用

复数：contrivances　

化学

BNC.21253 / COCA.24005

牛津词典

noun

• 非自然之物；人工产物；矫揉造作
  something that sb has done or written that does not seem natural; the fact of seeming artificial
  1. The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot.
     这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。
  2. The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.
     这故事讲得毫不矫揉造作。
• 精巧（或复杂）的装置；专用工具
  a clever or complicated device or tool made for a particular purpose
• 计谋；圈套；计谋的（或圈套的）采用
  a clever plan or trick; the act of using a clever plan or trick
  1. an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it
     使她未经过目就签署文件的妙计

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不自然的东西;矫揉造作之物
  If you describe something as acontrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
  1. They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances...
     他们衣着简朴，不使用那些现代的发明物。
  2. music with a tendency towards contrivance and lack of substance.
     矫揉造作而缺乏实质性内容的音乐
• N-COUNT 诡计;计谋;阴谋
  Acontrivanceis an unfair or dishonest scheme or trick to gain an advantage for yourself.
  1. ...some contrivance to raise prices.
     提高价格的计谋

英英释义

noun

• the act of devising something
  Synonym:devisal
• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  Synonym:appliancecontraptionconveniencegadgetgizmogismowidget
• any improvised arrangement for temporary use
  Synonym:lash-up
• the faculty of contriving
  1. his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
  1. the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
  1. his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
  Synonym:stratagemdodge

双语例句

• In other words, for Hobbes, authority and relations of authority do not arise naturally among us, but are rather, again, like civil science itself, the product of contrivance or art.
  换句话说，对于霍布斯，权力和权力关系，并不自然而然产生于我们之中，不如说是，像平民科学一样，是发明或艺术的产物。
• He's very hot on new sorts. a new contrivance for milking cows
  他对新品种很有兴趣。一种挤牛奶的新机器
• A mechanical, electrical, or electronic contrivance with a specific purpose.
  具有特定用途的机械、电气或电子设备。
• The scientist invented a new contrivance for milking cows.
  科学家发明了一种新挤奶器。
• The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance.
  这孩子正在忙着做什么手工。
• His personal force and genius, combined with so much persuasion and contrivance, swept aside many obstacles.
  他本人的精力与才华，再加上他能循循善诱，办法也多，就把许许多多的障碍一扫而光。
• Of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply.
  小题大做的，化简为繁的：通过复杂的方法做明显可以简单的完成的事的，或与之有关的。
• Martin had learned the contrivance from Joe at the Shelly Hot Springs.
  那设计是马丁在雪莉温泉旅馆从乔那里学来的。
• This simple contrivance made it possible to weave a much wider piece of cloth and with greater rapidity.
  这种简单的发明使人们可以织出横幅更宽的布匹，速度也更快。
• I think the meeting happened more by contrivance than chance.
  我觉得这次会见是有意安排的而不是偶然的。