contrive
- IPA[kənˈtrīv]
美式
- 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
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動詞
- 1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice his opponents contrived a crisis you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision 同義詞
- ▪ manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself 同義詞
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- IPA[kənˈtrʌɪv]
英式
- 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
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