contriving
v. (不顧困難地)促成某事( contrive的現在分詞 ); 巧妙地策劃,精巧地製造(如機器); 設法做到
If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
石油公司被控故意製造石油短缺以名正言順地提高油價。
If you contrive something such as a device or piece of equipment, you invent and construct it in a clever or unusual way.
We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain.
因此我們得製作一塊很大的遮光窗簾。
If you contrive to do something difficult, you succeed in doing it.
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。
When someone has done something dishonestly, you can say that they have contrived to do it.
They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
他們精心策劃故意遺失了數萬份申請書。
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
石油公司被控故意製造石油短缺以名正言順地提高油價。
Why may not several Deities combine in contriving and framing a world?
為什麼不可能是數個神聯合起來,設計和構造世界 呢 ?
The notorious drug - pusher has been contriving an escape from the prison.
臭名昭著的大毒梟一直都在圖謀越獄.
We're cutting and contriving to make both ends meet.
我們正省吃儉用,以免入不敷出.
He is contriving to kill her.
他正在計謀殺她.