contrived
adj. 不自然的; 勉强的; 人为的; 非天然的
If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
1. showing effects of planning or manipulation;
2. artificially formal;
The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏,堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。
His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.
每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。
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。