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单词 contrived
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Contrived
vverb.creationmake or work out a plan for; devise
Synset:contrive design plan project
Examples:
  • They contrived to murder their boss
  • design a new sales strategy
  • plan an attack
Derivationally Related Form:contriverplandesignprojectplannerplanning
Hypernyms:create by mental act create mentally
Inherited Hypernyms:plancreate by mental actmake
Direct Hyponyms:concertmapmap outplot
Full Troponyms:concertmapplot
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | They --- the cape (apply to: design) | Did he --- his major works over a short period of time? (apply to: project, design) | They --- to move (apply to: contrive, plan)
vverb.creationcome up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Synset:contrive devise excogitate forge formulate invent
Examples:
  • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Derivationally Related Form:contrivanceformuladevisingexcogitationinventiondeviserexcogitatorformulationdevisalinventiveinventor
Hypernyms:create by mental act create mentally
Inherited Hypernyms:inventcreate by mental actmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his major works over a short period of time? (apply to: formulate, devise, contrive, invent)
vverb.creationput or send forth
Synset:cast contrive project throw
Examples:
  • She threw the flashlight beam into the corner
  • The setting sun threw long shadows
  • cast a spell
  • cast a warm light
Derivationally Related Form:cast
Hypernyms:direct send
Inherited Hypernyms:projectsendmove
Direct Hyponyms:shoot
Full Troponyms:shoot
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allshowing effects of planning or manipulation
Examples:
  • a novel with a contrived ending
Antonyms:unplanned
Inherited Hypernyms:contrived
Similar to:planned
adj satadj.allartificially formal
Synset:artificial hokey stilted
Examples:
  • that artificial humility that her husband hated
  • contrived coyness
  • a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  • when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
Antonyms:unaffected
Inherited Hypernyms:artificial
Similar to:affected unnatural
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