contrived如何读

英:[kənˈtraɪvd]

美:[kənˈtraɪvd]

contrived是什么意思

  • adj.人为的;做作的;不自然的
  • 动词contrive的过去式和过去分词.

contrived自然拼读

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contrived词根

词根:contrive

vi.

contrive 谋划;设法做到

vt.

contrive 设计;发明;图谋

contrived英英释义

Adjective

1. showing effects of planning or manipulation;

"a novel with a contrived ending"

2. artificially formal;

"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"

contrived词源英文解释

see contrive

The first known use of contrived was in the 15th century

contrived 例句

1 On the former score, Adams had the misfortune to become the first occupant of what he described as “the most insignificant office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his Imagination conceived.”

2 Nearly lost among the cutesy diction and contrived structure is the simple and powerful notion that, to teenagers, it always feels like the end of the world.

3 The plot hinges on whether they will choose to help her, but their emotional ties can feel tenuous, even a little contrived.

4 I did not fear her revenge, for I did not think her clever enough to suspect that I had contrived the events of that night.

5 The characters very rarely come across as real, perhaps because the story itself is so contrived.

6 Except in this case it is actually a playful fabrication, contrived as the conceit behind a new house that would suit the couple’s space requirements while also being sensitive to the island’s architectural traditions.

7 He comments about “how helpless desire is outside its little theater of heat, how ridiculous it becomes the moment it isn’t welcomed, even if that welcome is contrived.”

8 “Not yet? Not if some better way can be contrived?”

9 "We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical." — "That's a matter of opinion."

“我们没那么造作,也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”

10 Worse, the contrived narrative that the shows collectively push — the idea that Harry and Meghan’s romance is “a fairy tale” — is jarringly backward.

11 Guenever alone had contrived to keep the raven on her head.

12 There are no neatly contrived life lessons at the end of each episode.

13 The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.

他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终.

14 But if the narrative machinery expertly grinds out suspense, the details Ms. Ali feeds into that machine are ridiculously contrived.

15 He contrived a triptych – posh Scottish upbringing; the war years; and his time running Granada TV.

16 Oppenheimer duly contrived “an elegant theory to rationalize these results,” and when Bohr came for his visit, the work was trotted out for him as a showpiece of Rad Lab science.

17 As America’s supplicant, Churchill contrived the special relationship, a sentimentalized international bond based not in shifting national interests but on permanently shared values.

18 Those words “I want a raise” sounded contrived and comical.

19 I thought Shape of Water felt forced and contrived and the dance dream segment was clunky.

20 At its worse, it's a morally and narratively contrived excuse to watch a very entitled Everyman navigate a world of rich but unhappy women, including his own wife and daughter.

contrived 同义词

1 牵强的

far-fetched

6 预谋的

premeditated

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