contrived
adj. 不自然的; 勉強的; 人為的; 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...
他說的話裡沒有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它聽起來不能像是虛情假意的恭維。
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.
情節看起來不真實。
1. showing effects of planning or manipulation;
2. artificially formal;
The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
這支管絃樂隊呈現了精彩的演奏,堪稱其多年來的巔峰演奏。
His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
他的繪畫作品做作而又俗套。
The plot seems contrived.
情節看起來不真實。
She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.
每週星期日晚上她都設法與他待上幾個小時。
The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
這部書大團圓的結局讀來讓人感到不真實。