英[kən'traɪv]美[kən'traɪv]
记忆方法
词源词根法
con-，强调。-triv，来自-trop，转，寻找，词源同turn，tropical.本义指努力寻找的，进行发明创造的。
谐音记忆法
还可谐音：肯重复，肯重复才能有所发明。
verb(动词)
双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it.
Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing. Mental effort is always required though, as contrive is often used in connection with inventing schemes and plans to make something happen. Contraption, a complicated mysterious device that does something, is related to contrive. Have you ever seen a Rube Goldberg contraption? When you contrive to do something, your plan may end up being that complicated.
实用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
v.(动词)contrive，manage
这两个词都可表示“设法做到”，用作不及物动词表示“可以办得到，能维持”时，两个词可通用。1.当后面跟动词不定式时，contrive用在将来时中，表示说话人实际所做的努力，至于是否成功，说话人则无把握，仅表示朝着成功的方向努力，用于过去时中表示“设法，图谋”，有时表示“竟然弄到…的地步”；manage则强调虽然有一定困难，最后还是设法完成了。2.contrive是个较正式的词，不如manage用得普遍。
词语用法
contrive的基本意思是“谋划（策划〕(某事)，设计，发明”，引申可表示“想尽办法做某事”，有时还可用作反语。contrive用作不及物动词时，可表示“设法做到，对付过去”。
同根单词
vt.设计；发明；图谋design，engineer，style，project，frame