contrived

The prisoner contrived a way to escape.

囚犯图谋越狱。

How he contrived to fork into her affections, I can't tell.

他是怎样巴结奉承赢得她的芳心,我不知道。

If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.

在字里行间,你可以看出他牵强的解释。

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her author, contrived to make critic out of the chip that was left.

大自然,当她把她的作家们发明、制造出来并赐予专利权之后,才设法用剩下的零碎木屑把批评家造出来的。

Contrived a swing from hanging vines.

用垂下来的藤曼做了一个秋千

Noticeably contrived; artificial.

明显人为的; 做作的

Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.

发明物发明或设计的东西,如机械装置或巧妙计划

Artfully contrived to gain favor or confidence; ingratiating.

谄媚的巧妙地设法取得好感或信任的; 讨好的

Struggling to achieve effect; strained and contrived.

紧张的; 不自然的努力取得效果的; 紧张的,不自然的

The writer contrived a happy ending.

作者安排了一个大团圆的结局。

The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.

这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子扶养成人。

I quite liked the story, but I thought the ending was rather contrived.

我挺喜欢这个故事,不过我觉得结尾颇有斧凿之嫌。

He contrived a new machine for flying.

他设计了一种新式飞行器。

After much difficulty I contrived to escape.

经过千辛万苦,我才逃出来了。

He contrived to gain their votes.

他施展计谋获得了他们的选票。

They contrived a mask against poison gas.

他们设计了一种防毒面具。

She contrived to live well on a very small income.

她靠微簿的收入生活得很好。

Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need.

权宜之计;应急的手段

He contrived a new flying machine.

他设计了一种新式飞行器。

She had contrived to plaster up her wounds.

她已经煞费苦心地将自己的创伤包扎起来。

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。

They contrived a plan to defraud the company.

他们精心策划要欺诈那家公司。

She contrived to slip away unobserved in the dusk of the afternoon.

她计划乘黄昏时候人不知鬼不觉地溜走。

He contrived to live on a small income.

他设法靠微薄的收入过活。

He contrived to make a mix-up of the whole thing.

他费尽心机,结果反而把事情弄糟了。

A novel with a very contrived plot.

情节十分虚假的小说。

The novel has a very contrived plot.

这本小说有非常牵强附会的情节。

He contrived to get himself disliked.

他费了许多苦心反而弄得大家都讨厌他了。

I contrived to arrive in time after all.

我终於设法及时赶到了。

They contrived a new kind of machine.

他们设计了新种类的机器。

He contrived to live on a small income .

他设法靠微薄的收入过活。

He contrived to make matters worse.

他弄巧成拙。

The ending of the novel is too pat and contrived.

小说的结尾过于简单和勉强。

Watt contrived a radical improvement.

瓦特琢磨出了一项根本性的改进。

He contrived a plan for a new machine.

他设计了一种新机器。

Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt.

伊丽莎白在舅母身旁坐下来。

He contrived to make the matter worse.

他图谋使事情恶化。

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。

He contrived to persuade me.

他千方百计想说服我。

So constructed or contrived as to prevent leaks or leakage.

防漏的为防止裂缝或泄露而制作或设计的

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。

He contrived to put it across.

他设法把这件事完成了。

How he contrived to fork into her affections,I can't tell.

他是怎样巴结奉承赢得她的芳心,我不知道。

I quite like the story,but I think the ending is rather contrived.

我挺喜欢这个故事,不过我觉得结尾颇有斧凿之嫌。

Something contrived,as a mechanical device or a clever plan.

发明或设计的东西,如机械装置或巧妙计划。

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。

The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.

这部剧的幽默是刻意而为的,而且牵强做作。

He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before Rushton.

他在拉什顿面前竭力振作起精神。

A contrived incident intended to mislead the newspaper.

企图蒙蔽报界的人为事件。

If Gollum had contrived to follow them, he remained unseen and unheard.

如果咕噜仍然穷追不舍,那他的身形和动静都掩饰得很好。