動詞 contrive:

1. make or work out a plan for; devise
   同義詞：plan, project, contrive, design
2. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
   同義詞：invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
3. put or send forth
   同義詞：project, cast, contrive, throw

形容詞 contrived:

1. showing effects of planning or manipulation
2. artificially formal
   同義詞：artificial, hokey, stilted

1. How he contrived to fork into her affections, I can't tell.
   他是怎樣巴結奉承贏得她的芳心，我不知道。
2. If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
   在字里行間，你可以看出他牽強的解釋。
3. The prisoner contrived a way to escape.
   囚犯圖謀越獄。
4. Noticeably contrived; artificial.
   明顯人為的; 做作的

con.trived

adj.（形容詞）
Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous; labored:
精心設計的：顯然是計劃好的或精心設計的；非自動而發(fā)的；矯揉造作的：
例句：
a novel with a contrived ending.
結局不矯造的小說

【引伸】
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