contrivance

contrivance

美 [kənˈtraɪv(ə)ns]  英 [kən'traɪv(ə)ns]

  • n.非自然之物;人工产物;矫揉造作;精巧(或复杂)的装置
  • 网络发明;发明的才能;设计

词形变化

复数:contrivances  

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英汉双解

n.
1.
[c][u]
非自然之物;人工产物;矫揉造作something that sb has done or written that does not seem natural; the fact of seeming artificial
The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot.
这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。
The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.
这故事讲得毫不矫揉造作。
2.
[c]
精巧(或复杂)的装置;专用工具a clever or complicated device or tool made for a particular purpose
3.
[c][u]
计谋;圈套;采用计谋(或圈套)a clever plan or trick; the act of using a clever plan or trick
an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it
使她未经过目就签署文件的妙计

英汉解释

n.
1.
发明,设计(方案),计划
2.
奇巧的制作物,新发明,装置,设备
3.
发明[设计]的才能;机巧,巧思
4.
计策,奸计,诡计
5.
人为的修饰,巧饰

英英解释

n.

例句

Someone says that the contrivance person of the coffee of Ireland is all Berlin the bartender of the airport.

有人爱尔兰咖啡发明柏林机场酒保

till the next morning , however , she was not aware of all the felicity of her contrivance.

不过神机妙算究竟造成幸福一直第二早上知道

If there is one criticism of this book, it is that there is an occasional sense of strain, of intellectual contrivance.

如果批评的话就是偶然闪现紧张理智分析后果

The Socratic dialectics, so magnificently exemplified in the dialogues of Plato, were a contrivance of this description.

柏拉图对话那样雄伟苏格拉底辩论就是这种办法

Yet, the third definition of the word 'engineering' is 'skillful or artful contrivance; maneuvering. '

第三关于工程学定义熟练或者巧妙发明创造机动

The clock is , itself, a contrivance , of course, but no more so than other pretexts for a wintertime sexual encounter .

这个本身固然一个发明不过是冬天性生活寻找其它借口而已

In honor of contrivance country, 1926, the first batch world ping-pong championships holds in London.

为了纪念发明,1926年,第一世界乒乓球锦标赛伦敦举行

For centuries before , curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.

32)之前几个世纪期间曲面一直一种用于产生幻影不是产生把戏装置

His personal force and genius , combined with so much persuasion and contrivance, swept aside many obstacles .

本人精力才华加上循循善诱办法许许多多障碍一扫而光

Curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.

曲面不是用来产生真实影像而是用来产生幻影假象流行器件

A mechanical, electrical, or electronic contrivance with a specific purpose.

具有特定用途机械电气电子设备

The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron.

设计这样一个制成家伙显然羞辱能事

A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.

特定目的做出设计发明尤指用于完成某个几个简单相关任务机器

Her book would sound like pure contemporary contrivance without this factual basis .

书名起来当代玄机没有事实依据

Contrivance is obvious throughout the book.

全书从头至尾明显雕琢痕迹

In the night I took my first contrivance , and got up into a tree.

夜里老办法棵大树

A literary contrivance, such as parallelism or personification, used to achieve a particular effect.

拟人文学一种修辞方法比拟用以达到特别效果

Contrivance of the Author Palindrome Able was I ere I saw Elba.

看到厄尔巴岛之前所向无敌

An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance ; a gadget .

发明一种创新特别机械发明玩意儿

The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.

故事毫不矫揉造作

That is part of the problem: it is such an elaborate contrivance that there is too much at stake to abandon it.

就是问题一部分如此精巧发明以致放弃风险

An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.

天才想象力发明

Martin had learned the contrivance from Joe at the Shelly Hot Springs.

设计马丁雪莉温泉旅馆那里

He erected some contrivance for storing rainwater.

装设一种贮存雨水器具

It was another good contrivance .

又是一种不错设计

Some things are beyond human contrivance.

有些东西非人创造

The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance.

孩子正在着做什么手工

a contrivance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.

一个物体倾斜使保持平衡一种发明

A device or contrivance; a gadget.

玩意儿一种装置发明机件

This simple contrivance made it possible to weave a much wider piece of cloth and with greater rapidity

这种简单发明使人们可以横幅布匹速度更快

Contrivance of Adjustable Spiral System of Stereoscopic Floriculture

螺旋立体花架系统设计

Contrivance of New Phase Locking and Phase Adjusting Flip-Flop

新型触发电路设计方案

An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance

一种创新特别机械发明

Contrivance of Intelligent DC Speed Regulating System of Drilling Rig Driving Motor

钻机驱动电机智能直流系统设计方案

a clever new contrivance for squeezing juice

果汁一种巧妙装置

A new contrivance for milking cows

一种牛奶机器

An object or a contrivance:

东西物件物品发明