Contrived

(adj.) showing effects of planning or manipulation; 'a novel with a contrived ending' .

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• But the queen had before contrived another project. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• We have used for a number of years in this laboratory a form of constant water bath which was contrived by Mr. Edward Bogardus, formerly chemist to the New Jersey State Geological Survey. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• To me it was, and ever must be an enigma, how they contrived to spend so much time in doing so little. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A man, for instance, is vain of a beautiful house, which belongs to him, or which he has himself built and contrived. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Yes, answered I, putting my hand into his, and again I contrived to forget Lady W----. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The lord of the gate, in a fury ran after Deerhurst and with some difficulty contrived to catch hold of his whip. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Brummell talked to Julia while he looked at me; and as soon as he could manage it with decency, he contrived to place himself by my side. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• In this deplorable state, I contrived to do, what I take to have been, three Objective things. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I had hitherto contrived to master my curiosity out of consideration for my companion; but it got the better of me now. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He also contrived the means of printing in colours from stone, by reversing the process of ordinary lithographic printing. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Professor Wheatstone has recently contrived an improvement in his index telegraph, which was described by Professor Faraday in a lecture at the Royal Institution in June last. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Of these she contrived to coax three or four to walk with her to my house; but, alas! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I can't conceive how he contrived to mismanage his affairs. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I observed this also, and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He contrived so many little tools to cheapen the work that he made lots of money. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I trust I shall not eat long at your expense, sir, was my very clumsily- contrived, unpolished answer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I wanted to have another look at Leicester Stanhope, which I at last contrived to accomplish slyly. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The carroty-haired Charlton contrived to become a member of this club. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• One method of producing the same effect is to make the cylinders oscillate on pivots, as contrived by Mr. Murdoch, in the first model steam carriage, made in 1784. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• It will be desirable to procure, in the first instance, a box, so contrived that it will hold the painting, and afford the means of throwing the light on the front or on the back at pleasure. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Mrs. Norris contrived to remove one article from his sight that might have distressed him. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She might think it was contrived, in case of the worse, to convey to him the means of anticipating the sentence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He was given control of the office, undertook to make his own type, contrived a copper-plate press, the first in America , and printed paper money for New Jersey. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I contrived to set this doubt at rest by very simple means. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• How he contrived to escape being seen by you he did not tell me, but he found us out on that occasion, and in that way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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