contrive 音标拼音: [kəntr'ɑɪv]
vt .
vi . 发明,设计,图谋
发明,设计,图谋
contrive v 1 :
make or work out a plan for ;
devise ; "
They contrived to murder their boss "; "
design a new sales strategy "; "
plan an attack " [
synonym : {
plan }, {
project }, {
contrive }, {
design }]
2 :
come up with (
an idea ,
plan ,
explanation ,
theory ,
or principle )
after a mental effort ; "
excogitate a way to measure the speed of light " [
synonym : {
invent }, {
contrive },
{
devise }, {
excogitate }, {
formulate }, {
forge }]
3 :
put or send forth ; "
She threw the flashlight beam into the corner "; "
The setting sun threw long shadows "; "
cast a spell "; "
cast a warm light " [
synonym : {
project }, {
cast },
{
contrive }, {
throw }]
Contrive \
Con *
trive "\ (
k [
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n *
tr [
imac ]
v "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Contrived };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Contriving }.] [
OE .
contriven ,
contreven ,
controven ,
to invent ,
OF .
controver ,
contruver ;
con -
trouver to find .
See {
Troubadour }, {
trover }.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity ;
to devise ;
to invent ;
to design ;
to plan .
[
1913 Webster ]
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom . --
Tillotson .
[
1913 Webster ]
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life . --
Hawthorne .
Syn :
To invent ;
discover ;
plan ;
design ;
project ;
plot ;
concert ;
hatch .
[
1913 Webster ]
Contrive \
Con *
trive "\,
v .
i .
To make devices ;
to form designs ;
to plan ;
to scheme ;
to plot .
[
1913 Webster ]
The Fates with traitors do contrive . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contrive ":
angle ,
arrange ,
be so ,
be such ,
beget ,
breed ,
bring ,
bring forth ,
bring into being ,
bring on ,
calculate ,
call forth ,
call into being ,
cast ,
clear ,
clear the hurdle ,
cogitate ,
coin ,
collogue ,
collude ,
come along ,
come on ,
come out ,
come through ,
conceive ,
concert ,
concoct ,
connive ,
conspire ,
cook up ,
cut out ,
cut the mustard ,
design ,
develop ,
devise ,
discover ,
draw down ,
draw on ,
dream up ,
effect ,
elaborate ,
elicit ,
engender ,
engineer ,
evoke ,
evolve ,
fabricate ,
fare ,
fashion ,
figure ,
finagle ,
forecast ,
formulate ,
frame ,
generate ,
gerrymander ,
get ,
get along ,
get by ,
get on ,
give being to ,
give rise to ,
go along ,
go on ,
hack it ,
handle ,
hatch ,
hatch up ,
improvise ,
induce ,
inspire ,
instigate ,
intend ,
intrigue ,
invent ,
jockey ,
lay plans ,
lead ,
machinate ,
make ,
make a projection ,
make arrangements ,
make do with ,
make it ,
make out ,
make the grade ,
make up ,
manage ,
manage somehow ,
maneuver ,
manipulate ,
manufacture ,
mature ,
methodize ,
mint ,
motivate ,
move ,
muddle through ,
negotiate ,
obtain ,
organize ,
originate ,
play games ,
plot ,
prearrange ,
procreate ,
procure ,
program ,
project ,
provoke ,
pull strings ,
put over ,
put through ,
rationalize ,
rig ,
schedule ,
schematize ,
scheme ,
scrape along ,
set up ,
shape ,
shape up ,
spawn ,
stack up ,
strike out ,
succeed in ,
superinduce ,
swing ,
swing the deal ,
systematize ,
think out ,
think up ,
turn out ,
vamp up ,
wangle ,
work out ,
work up ,
worry along
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