| 单词 | contrivance |
| 释义 | contrivance (once / 1026 pages) n A contrivance is a gadget or device that can be used for some particular purpose. The spinning blade of a blender is a contrivance that turns fruits and yogurt into a tasty smoothie. Yum. A contrivance is a useful device or tool. It might be assembled or invented, and it's often mechanical, although you can really refer to anything that's made for a specific purpose as a contrivance. The word sometimes also implies a falseness or obviousness, like the contrivance of a spy's very fake-looking beard that's supposed to disguise him, or the contrivance of a novel's complicated, unbelievable plot. WORD FAMILYcontrivance: contrivances+/contrive: contrivance, contrived, contriver, contrives, contriving/contrived: contrivedly, uncontrived/contriver: contrivers USAGE EXAMPLESThe movie as a whole is one of Bergman’s most audience-friendly contrivances. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) This is a flimsy plot contrivance, but it raises some intriguing questions about cause and effect. Slate(Nov 22, 2016) The family comedy-drama “Almost Christmas” is an often disarmingly entertaining picture, in spite of its being a not particularly well-thought-out cinematic contrivance. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) 1n the faculty of contriving; inventive skill his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem Hyper conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention the creation of something in the mind 2n the act of devising something Syn|Hyper devisal invention the act of inventing 3n a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Syn|Hypo|Hyper appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget gadgetry appliances collectively gimbalan appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injectora contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod conmodern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 4n any improvised arrangement for temporary use Syn|Hypo|Hyper lash-up patch, temporary hookup a connection intended to be used for a limited time arrangement an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging 5n an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable Hyper arrangement, organisation, organization, system an organized structure for arranging or classifying 6n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track Syn|Hypo|Hyper dodge, stratagem plant something planted secretly for discovery by another pump-and-dump schemean illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises wangle, wanglingan instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery scheme, strategy an elaborate and systematic plan of action |
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