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contrivance 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/kənˈtrīvəns/,
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contrivances, plural;
  1. A thing that is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose
    • - an assortment of electronic equipment and mechanical contrivances
  2. The use of skill to bring something about or create something
    • - the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym
  3. A device, esp. in literary or artistic composition, that gives a sense of artificiality

  1. appliance: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
  2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
  3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
  4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
  5. lash-up: any improvised arrangement for temporary use
  6. devisal: the act of devising something
  7. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective; something overly artful or artificial
  8. Not following the natural line offered up by the rock itself, but instead adding or eliminating holds or features to alter the problem to your specifications. In a nutshell, 'artificial'. Eliminates would be considered contrived and the jury is still out on Britney Spears.
  9. something divised, esp. plan or device; something artificially forced