create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice
创造,发明,设计(某物);刻意制造,精心打造(某种局面)
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his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis 他的政敌精心策划了一次内阁危机
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you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision .尽管有人监督,你还是设法单独和我待在了一起。
[with infinitive]manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation
设法做(蠢事);竟然弄到…的地步
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he contrived to flood the flat three times .他竟然愚蠢到让公寓套间浸了三次水。
"Middle English: from Old French