contrivance 详细解释
contrivance
[kən'traivəns]
n.机械装置, 发明的才能, 想出的办法, 人工痕迹
n.
1. 发明物; 装置, 器械[C]
a new contrivance for milking cows
一种挤牛奶的新机器
2. 发明; 设计; 发明(或设计)才能[U]
Some things are beyond human contrivance.
有些东西非人力所能创造。
3. 计谋, 手段[P]
词形变化
名词复数：contrivances
词义辨析
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英英释义
名词 contrivance:
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
同义词：appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
同义词：lash-up
the act of devising something
同义词：devisal
补充
contrivancecontrivance英:[kənˈtraivəns] 美:[kənˈtraɪvəns]n.1.发明,发明才能,想出的办法,发明物例句
1. They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.他们穿着简单朴实, 拒绝现代装置。 2. A small spring-loaded contrivance rolled out of sight into the gutter.一个小弹簧装置滚进排水沟里不见了。 3. its tendency towards contrivance, archness, and lack of substance它变得越来越做作、讨巧而且缺乏实质 4. His book struck me as more of a contrivance than the others.在我看来, 他的书比起其他的来说显得有些矫揉造作。 5. the story is told with an absence of contrivance or literary device.不加渲染或文学修饰地讲这个故事。 6. an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances.电子设备和机械装置的分类。 7. The story is filled with plot contrivances that do not fit the ending.这个故事到处是与结局不相吻合的牵强情节。 8. He told the story honestly and without contrivance.他讲述故事时很真诚，一点也不矫揉造作。 9. modern contrivances [=devices] to cook food faster快速烹饪的现代化厨具 10. a clever contrivance精巧的装置 11. a contrivance to get out of doing the work逃避工作的伎俩 12. He convinced her to go without using contrivance.他没用什么招数就说服她去了。热门单词推荐
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