英语词汇“contrive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

contrivecontrive /kənˈtraɪv/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYcontrive

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French controver, from Late Latin contropare

VERB TABLE

contrive

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	contrive
	he, she, it	contrives
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	contrived
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have contrived
	he, she, it	has contrived
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had contrived
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will contrive
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have contrived

Continuous Form
Present	I	am contriving
	he, she, it	is contriving
	you, we, they	are contriving
Past	I, he, she, it	was contriving
	you, we, they	were contriving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been contriving
	he, she, it	has been contriving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been contriving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be contriving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been contriving

1formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties: contrive to do something The chef contrives to keep the fresh taste of the vegetables.2to arrange an event or situation secretly or by deceiving people: Oil companies were accused of contriving a gasoline shortage to push up prices.3to make or invent something in a skillful way, especially because you need it suddenly SYN devise: Richter contrived a scale to measure the force of an earthquake.