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contrivance是什么意思？
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contrivance

英[kənˈtraɪvəns] 美[kənˈtraɪvəns]
  • 复数：contrivances;
    • 相关单词 contrivances
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    • N-VAR
      不自然的东西;矫揉造作之物
      If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
      例句
      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。 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
      A contrivance is an unfair or dishonest scheme or trick to gain an advantage for yourself.
      例句
      ...some contrivance to raise prices. 提高价格的计谋
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. a device that is very useful for a particular job
      2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill;
      "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
      3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
      "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
      4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;
      "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
      5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
      6. the act of devising something