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1. Oxford Dictionary

   contrive

   • IPA[kənˈtrʌɪv]

   英式

   • v.
     create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice；manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation

   • verb: contrive, 3rd person present: contrives, gerund or present participle: contriving, past tense: contrived, past participle: contrived

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision 同義詞 bring about, engineer, cause to happen, manufacture, orchestrate, ... 更多stage-manage, create, devise, concoct, construct, design, formulate, plan, work out, think up, dream up, come up with, fabricate, plot, hatch, informalwangle, set up, cook up, procure
   • ▪ manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation he contrived to flood the flat three times 同義詞 manage, find a way, engineer a way, arrange, succeed in, ... 更多informalwork it, swing it, archaiccompass