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单词 contrivance
释义
contrivance
noun
formal
uk
/kənˈtraɪ.vəns/us
/kənˈtraɪ.vəns/
[CorU]usuallydisapproving
theactofintentionallyarrangingfor something tohappenbycleverplanning, or something that isarrangedin this way:
Because of thetiming, I'msurethesalaryfreezeis adeliberatecontrivance, not acoincidence.根据时间安排，我敢肯定工资冻结是有预谋的，不是巧合。
Ithinkthemeetinghappenedmore by contrivance thanchance.我觉得这次会面是有意的安排，不是碰巧。
[C]
acleverdeviceorobjectthat has beeninventedfor aparticularpurpose:
Westaydryusing aningeniouslittle contrivance called anumbrella.
More examples
  • Theplotdependson manyridiculouscontrivances.
  • Thewholething was a contrivance of the government'smediaspinmachine.
  • By hisclevercontrivance, they botharrivedat the sametime.
  • Thelightbulbis one ofourmostprizedcontrivances.
  • What does this little contrivance do?
  • Doctors used avarietyofmechanicalcontrivances toletblood, such as a littlefoldingknifecalled a "lancet".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Planning, expecting and arranging
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • advertent
  • advisedly
  • aim atsomething
  • bargain
  • I might have knownidiom
  • insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
  • in the pipelineidiom
  • in the worksidiom
  • intend
  • planner
  • provision
  • purposely
  • put the cart before the horseidiom
  • puttheirheads togetheridiom
  • rearrange
  • reckon onsomething
  • settle
  • sleeve
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(Definition ofcontrivancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
contrivance
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/kənˈtraɪ.vəns/us
/kənˈtraɪ.vəns/
theactofcontrivingsomething
计谋；诡计；设计，发明
disapprovingBecause of thetiming, I'msurethesalaryfreezeis adeliberatecontrivance, not acoincidence.根据时间安排，我敢肯定工资冻结是有预谋的，不是巧合。
Ithinkthemeetinghappenedmore by contrivance thanchance.我觉得这次会面是有意的安排，不是碰巧。

Examplesofcontrivance

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With care and sensitivity he manages to juxtapose, place and transform his field recordings withoutcontrivance.
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In spite of the clear benefit with the use of 'unreal' examples, there is a persistent prejudice against suchcontrivance.
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This is only a preliminary surprise as readers familiar with the joyful outcome of hiscontrivancealready know.
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Punctuation delineates rhetorical structure, so that a reader can be explicitly alerted to certain formal contrivances relevant to the communicative significances embodied in a text.
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Lest one think that this type of sample-tosample difference is a theoreticalcontrivanceunlikely to happen in practice, several simple "thought experiments" suggest the opposite.
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Anything more is merely a superfluous philosophicalcontrivance.
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These technical contrivances constitute the substance of the economic process.
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These rights are never given by nature, but are rather the result of social - and normally governmental -contrivance.
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Some impression of significant movement had to be given, even if this involved a degree ofcontrivance.
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Thiscontrivancesmoothed land thus facilitating seed covering.
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The whole complex of these contrivances is technology.
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There is good reason for this apparentcontrivance.
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At the present time, when the manufacture has attained a mature growth, all the operations, with vastly increased means and more complex contrivances, are again performed in a single building.
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Clay is always clay, and the steam drivencontrivancethat will mould a basin while a man sits and watches has yet to be invented.
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The allegedcontrivancewas that the defendant in each of the cases was telling an untruth about himself in the description in his nomination paper.
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