contrivance

美[kən'traɪvəns] 英[kən'traɪvəns]

n. 机械装置；发明的才能；想出的办法；人工痕迹

近义词：gadget，contraption，thingamajig，device，apparatus，machine，conspiracy，plot，coinage，setup，thing，patent，plan，machination，means，gizmo，dodge，lash-up，stratagem，Gismo，widget，convenience，appliance，devisal，

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Noun

a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill;
"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;
"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
the act of devising something

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He erected some contrivance for storing rain-water.他装设了一种贮存雨水的器具.
Some things are beyond human contrivance.有些东西非人力所能创造。
I have an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.我有一条不经她过目就签署文件的妙计。
The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot.这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。

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