contrived

英 [kənˈtraɪvd]

美 [kənˈtraɪvd]

adj.  预谋的; 不自然的; 人为的; 矫揉造作的; 做作的
v.  (不顾困难而)设法做到; (克服困难)促成(某事); 巧妙地策划; 精巧地制造(如机器)
contrive的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：contrived　过去式：contrived　

CET6GREIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.18482 / COCA.18969

牛津词典

adj.

• 预谋的；不自然的；人为的；矫揉造作的；做作的
  planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic
  1. a contrived situation
     人为的状况
  2. The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
     这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的
  If you say that something someone says or does iscontrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
  1. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
     他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
  2. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
     它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
• ADJ-GRADED (戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的，不足信的，不真实的
  If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel iscontrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
  1. The plot seems contrived.
     情节看起来不真实。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialhokeystilted
• showing effects of planning or manipulation
  1. a novel with a contrived ending

双语例句

• If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
  在字里行间，你可以看出他牵强的解释。
• He contrived to make the matter worse.
  他图谋使事情恶化。
• The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.
  这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子抚养成人。
• There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said
  他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
• After much difficulty, he contrived to stop drinking!
  克服许多困难之后，他设法做到了戒酒！
• They both had done too much rehearsing and it came of fake and contrived.
  他们都做了太多的演练，而实际上都是装腔作势。
• His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
  他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
• This is a contrived example designed to simulate a data source that sends data in an asynchronous manner.
  这是一个特别设计的例子，用于模拟以异步方式发送数据的数据源。
• The writer contrived a happy ending.
  作者安排了一个大团圆的结局。
• I have dreamed this of Akron, and I have contrived it in other places.
  我在阿克伦时就梦想着这种体验，而在别的地方则实现了这种体验。