基本释义
- adj.
- 不自然的; 勉强的; 人为的; 非天然的
实用例句
The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏，堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。
柯林斯例句
His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
柯林斯例句
The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
柯林斯例句
She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.
每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.
他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He contrived to make matters worse.
他弄巧成拙.
《简明英汉词典》
He contrived a new machine for flying.
他设计了一种新式飞行器.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He contrived to make the matter worse.
他图谋使事情恶化.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
"We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical." — "That's a matter of opinion."
“我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”
柯林斯例句
It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
辞典例句
They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。
辞典例句
The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.
这位发明家发明了一种具有较少运动部件的新型发动机.
辞典例句
All events , however small , are contrived by God, or else the Devil.
事无巨细都是上帝或魔鬼的旨意.
辞典例句
He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.
他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了.
辞典例句
英英释义
1. showing effects of planning or manipulation;
"a novel with a contrived ending"
2. artificially formal;
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"
"contrived coyness"
"a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
"when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"